Forehand

Quick meaning: Forehand is a noun meaning (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
2. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
3. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
4. Beforehand; paid in advance.
5. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.
6. (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.
7. (archaic) The chief or most important part.

Example Sentences

a forehand rent

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

Word Forms

• forehands
• forehanding
• forehanded

Synonyms for forehand

Depending on context, synonyms include flick, forehanded.

Antonyms for forehand

Common opposites include afterhand, backhand.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include backhand, back-hand, backhander, groundstroke, backhandedness, reverse.

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