backhand

[Sports]in tennis and other racket games, a stroke made with the back of the hand turned toward the ball or shuttlecock as the arm moves outward from a position across the body

[Sports]in baseball, a catch made with the catcher's hand, in a mitt, held across his or her body

[Calligraphy]a style of handwriting in which the letters slope to the left

[Sports]to strike a ball with a backhand stroke, or catch it with the hand held across the body

to hit somebody or something with the back of the hand

with a backhand stroke or act