backhander

Plural: backhanders

Noun

• a backhanded blow
• A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
• A blow with the back of the hand.
• A bribe, a secret payment.
• A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
• A player who plays a backhand shot.
• A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").

Adjective

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

Adjective Satellite

• (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

Examples

• She's a terrific backhander.

Synonyms

backhand, backhanded, left-slanting

Antonyms

forehand

Anagrams of backhander