forehand
See also: Forehand
English
Etymology
fore- + hand
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɔːhænd/
Audio (RP) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /fɔːɹhænd/
Noun
forehand (plural forehands)
- (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
- (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.
- All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
- 1618, Michel Baret, An Hipponomie […] :
- […] those horses which are of a chicke Forehand, short necked
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- (archaic) The chief or most important part.
- 1602, Shakespeare, William, Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 3:
- The great Achilles, whom opinion crowns / The sinew and the forehand of our host
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- Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
- And, but for ceremony such a wretch,
Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep,
Had the forehand and vantage of a king
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- (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.
Synonyms
- (kind of throw in sports): flick
Antonyms
- backhand
Translations
stroke in racket sports
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all of the part of a horse which is before the rider
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Adjective
forehand (not comparable)
- Beforehand; paid in advance.
- a forehand rent
Antonyms
- afterhand
Verb
forehand (third-person singular simple present forehands, present participle forehanding, simple past and past participle forehanded)
- (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.