Hitting or striking with a backhanded motion; also metaphorically means criticizing or dismissing indirectly.
Present participle of 'backhand,' using the standard '-ing' suffix.
Professional tennis players like Federer revolutionized the backhand—what used to be the weakest shot is now a weapon, changing centuries of strategy overnight because one person decided to hit differently.
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