backhanded
31backhanded — back·hand·ed …
32backhanded compliment — noun An insult disguised as a compliment …
33backhanded compliment — sarcastic praise, double edged compliment …
34backhanded rope — noun or backhand rope : left handed rope …
35(a) backhanded compliment — a ˌbackhanded ˈcompliment idiom (NAmE also ˌleft handed ˈcompliment) a remark that seems to express admiration but could also be understood as an insult Main entry: ↑backhandedidiom …
36Push-up — For the 2004 single by Freestylers, see Push Up Animation of a full push up (a better form would require elbows to be closer to the body) …
37back´hand´ed|ness — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… …
38back´hand´ed|ly — back|hand|ed «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative.… …
39back|hand|ed — «BAK HAN dihd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. done or made with the back of the hand turned outward: »a backhanded stroke. 2. Figurative. indirect: »He means to help, even though he offers to in a backhanded way. 3. Figurative. sounding like praise …
40backhand — /bak hand /, n. 1. a stroke, slap, etc., made with the palm of the hand turned toward the body and the back of the hand turned in the direction of the stroke, slap, etc. 2. (in tennis, squash, etc.) a stroke made from the side of the body… …
