Forehand

/fɔːhænd/ · noun

Meaning

(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke..

Definitions by Sense

1. (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. (disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
4. (archaic) The chief or most important part.
5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
6. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
7. Beforehand; paid in advance.
8. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.

Example Sentences

the devastating speed of her forehand return

[…]those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked

The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host

And, but for ceremony such a wretch, Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep, Had the forehand and vantage of a king

a forehand rent

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• forehands
• forehanding
• forehanded

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