backhand shot
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- noun
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- The player practiced her backhand shot to improve her game at the local tennis club.
Examples
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During the match, his powerful backhand shot won him the championship point.
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With less than two minutes remaining in the second frame, sophomore forward Phil Di Giuseppe appeared to give Michigan the lead, but his backhand shot clanked off the near post and then off the far post without crossing the goal line.
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She executed a beautiful backhand shot that caught her opponent off guard.
Synonyms
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A hit made with the back of the hand facing the ball
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A backhand shot you make while holding the racket with both hands
A hit in tennis or table tennis when the back of the hand faces the ball
A hard straight shot hit with the racket across the body in tennis
Antonyms
How Hard
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'backhand shot' is directly compositional: 'backhand' denotes a stroke made with the back of the hand and 'shot' denotes a stroke/attempt in sport, so together they describe a stroke executed with the back of the hand. This noun + noun/adj combination follows regular English compounding and is common in sports terminology (and in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Backhand shot comes from the way you hit the ball: the back of your hand faces the direction of the shot. That's why it means 'a stroke made with the back of the hand' in tennis and other sports.