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BACKHAND DRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backhand drive mean? 

BACKHAND DRIVE (noun)
  The noun BACKHAND DRIVE has 1 sense:

1. a hard straight return made on the backhand sideplay

  Familiarity information: BACKHAND DRIVE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BACKHAND DRIVE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard straight return made on the backhand side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("backhand drive" is a kind of...):

drive ((sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash))


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