Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A blow with the back of the hand: as, to strike one a backhander.
Wiktionary
- n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- n. A blow with the back of the hand.
- n. informal A bribe.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A backhanded blow.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a backhanded blow
Etymologies
- back + hand + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Niedermayer put the Ducks ahead 2-1 in the second period, whisking in a backhander from the high slot after Travis Moen and Scott Niedermayer fought to keep the puck alive along the right boards in the Oilers 'zone.”
“Pahlsson opened the scoring 5: 22 in with a backhander from the right circle that slid past Rinne's right shoulder.”
“Barely one minute after Price entered the game, Montreal was on the power play when Max Pacioretty's third goal, a backhander from the bottom of the slot, made it 3-1.”
“The Penguins tied it 10 seconds later when Matt Cooke put a rebound of Jordan Staal's backhander from the slot past Backstrom for his second goal.”
“Peltonen made it 3-1 at 7: 48 of the second with a backhander from the side of the net that trickled through Gerber's legs.”
“Kamil Kreps scored on a backhander from the slot to put the Panthers on top 4-2.”
“Then Kopitar tied it on a soft backhander from the half wall, the puck somehow eluding Mason inside the near post.”
“Hartnell's tally came on the power play when he beat Manny Fernandez with a backhander from the edge of the crease.”
“Zednik scored at 12: 59 of the second, firing a backhander from the right side of the crease that went over Budaj and just under the crossbar.”
“He was unable to get his blocker on White's hard backhander from the slot as Toronto took a 1-0 lead.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘backhander’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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back phrases/hyphens/compounds
backache to backyard
back-ache, back-aching, back-acter, back-acting, back-answer, back-bar, back-basket, back beat, back-bias, back-blast, back-blowing, back-boiler and 342 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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RocknRolla (2008)
Words from 2008 'RocknRolla' film.
drip, consent, foothold, bricks and mortar, mortar, councillor, let down, wand, clean out, leg-up, hasty, erect and 115 more...
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Crimes & Misdemeanors
Crime-related words.
perpetrator, felony, misdemeanor, rape, suspicion, arrest, pillage, arson, burglary, theft, complicit, filch and 12 more...
Tweets
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sonofgroucho An illicit payment. A bribe. Jan 27, 2008