Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.]
   A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the
   letters is from left to right.

Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.
   1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.

   2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]

Source : WordNet®

backhand
     v : hit a tennis ball backhand

backhand
     adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand
            facing direction of stroke [syn: {backhand(a)}, {backhanded}]
            [ant: {forehand(a)}]
     2: (of handwriting) having the letters slanting from left down
        to right [syn: {left-slanting}]

backhand
     n : a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction
         of the stroke [syn: {backhand stroke}, {backhand shot}]