Definition & Meaning | English word BACKHANDER
BACKHANDER
Definitions of BACKHANDER
- A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
- (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
- (racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
- (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
Number of letters
10
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using BACKHANDER in a Sentence
- On 26 December 1943, Brownson departed Cape Cretin in company with Hutchins, Beale (DD-471), and Daly (DD-519), and began escorting the fleet tug Sonoma (AT-12) and seven tank landing ships to Borgen Bay while screening the landings on Cape Gloucester, New Britain as part of Operation Backhander.
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