overhand

Examples

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• The Most Interesting Man in the World runs with the bulls, parachutes out of airplanes, and bowls overhand.

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• But so I will be talking about the overhand stroke, which I find it easier to grasp.

• It's going to be like an an overhand right right-handed shot.

• He had me do ballet, track and field, gymnastics, Taekwondo, learn to throw a football for the overhand snapping motion of a serve.

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• He threw the ball with an overhand motion, sending it soaring through the air.

• The coach demonstrated an overhand throw, which is essential for proper technique in baseball.

Synonyms

O

overhanded

vsoverhand

5.8

A movement where the hand moves forward and down from above the shoulder for throws and serves

is the same motion named in the basic form without -ed

O

overarm

vsoverhand

• Specialized

4.6

To move your arm forward and down from above your shoulder when throwing or serving

focuses on the hand moving forward and down from above shoulder level

Antonyms

U

underhand

3 5.3

You move your arm below shoulder level when throwing or serving

Compounds

O

overhand knot

1 4.4

You make it by passing the rope end over itself and pulling it through the loop

O

overhand pitch

6.5

A throw in baseball where the hand moves above the shoulder

O

overhand stitch

6.6

A sewing stitch made by passing the needle and thread over the cloth edge to join or finish it

How Underhand

to submarine

• Jargon

8.8

arm throw

1 2.8

sidearm

6.1

overhand

5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology