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FOREHAND STROKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
Synonyms:
forehand; forehand shot; forehand stroke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forehand stroke" is a kind of...):
return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)
Domain category:
squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)
badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
