Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to backhand
Participle: backhanded
Gerund: backhanding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | backhand |
| you | backhand |
| he;she;it | backhands |
| we | backhand |
| you | backhand |
| they | backhand |
Perfect
| I | have backhanded |
| you | have backhanded |
| he;she;it | has backhanded |
| we | have backhanded |
| you | have backhanded |
| they | have backhanded |
Past
| I | backhanded |
| you | backhanded |
| he;she;it | backhanded |
| we | backhanded |
| you | backhanded |
| they | backhanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had backhanded |
| you | had backhanded |
| he;she;it | had backhanded |
| we | had backhanded |
| you | had backhanded |
| they | had backhanded |
Future
| I | will backhand |
| you | will backhand |
| he;she;it | will backhand |
| we | will backhand |
| you | will backhand |
| they | will backhand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have backhanded |
| you | will have backhanded |
| he;she;it | will have backhanded |
| we | will have backhanded |
| you | will have backhanded |
| they | will have backhanded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | backhand |
| you | backhand |
| he;she;it | backhand |
| we | backhand |
| you | backhand |
| they | backhand |
Perfect
| I | have backhanded |
| you | have backhanded |
| he;she;it | have backhanded |
| we | have backhanded |
| you | have backhanded |
| they | have backhanded |
Imperfect
| I | backhanded |
| you | backhanded |
| he;she;it | backhanded |
| we | backhanded |
| you | backhanded |
| they | backhanded |
Pluperfect
| I | had backhanded |
| you | had backhanded |
| he;she;it | had backhanded |
| we | had backhanded |
| you | had backhanded |
| they | had backhanded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would backhand |
| you | would backhand |
| he;she;it | would backhand |
| we | would backhand |
| you | would backhand |
| they | would backhand |
Perfect
| I | would have backhanded |
| you | would have backhanded |
| he;she;it | would have backhanded |
| we | would have backhanded |
| you | would have backhanded |
| they | would have backhanded |
Imperative
| you | backhand |
| we | Let's backhand |
| you | backhand |
Verbs conjugated like 'backhand'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'backhand'
back-hand,
backbend,
backhaul,
backward,
deckhand,
backcast,
backchain,
backchat,
backdate,
backheel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English back
3. Proto-Germanic *handuz
4. Proto-West Germanic *handu
5. Old English hand
6. Middle English hond
7. English hand
8. English backhand
9. From back + hand.
Sample Sentences
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During the boxing match, I accidentally backhanded my opponent.
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While Joe is driving, Bob gets upset and wants to go back to set up. Bob and Joe argue for a few seconds. Then, Bob grabs the wheel and nearly causes us to hit a tree. In response, Joe backhands Bob and tells him to immediately stop or he will get us killed. Bob says that he was just trying to get us back on track and that he was joking. [2023 May 23, Alison Green, anonymous quotee, “my coworker got drunk and punched another coworker in the parking lot”, in Ask a Manager (blog), archived from the original on 11 Dec 2024:]