FOREHAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forehand mean? 

• FOREHAND (noun)
  The noun FOREHAND has 1 sense:

1. (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)

  Familiarity information: FOREHAND used as a noun is very rare.

• FOREHAND (adjective)
  The adjective FOREHAND has 1 sense:

1. (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke

  Familiarity information: FOREHAND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREHAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forehand; forehand shot; forehand stroke

Hypernyms ("forehand" is a kind of...):

return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)

Domain category:

squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

• FOREHAND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke

Synonyms:

forehand; forehanded

Antonym:

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

 Context examples 

Hot! He had not turned a hair till we came to Walcot Church; but look at his forehand; look at his loins; only see how he moves; that horse cannot go less than ten miles an hour: tie his legs and he will get on.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)