FOREHAND STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forehand stroke mean? 

• FOREHAND STROKE (noun)
  The noun FOREHAND STROKE 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 STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREHAND STROKE (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 stroke" 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)