UNDERHAND
\ˌʌndəhˈand], \ˌʌndəhˈand], \ˌʌ_n_d_ə_h_ˈa_n_d]\
Definitions of UNDERHAND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball underarm"
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slyly and secretly; "Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers
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with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
By Princeton University
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with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball underarm"
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slyly and secretly; "Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
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By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
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In an underhand manner; - said of pitching or bowling.
By Oddity Software
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Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
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By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.
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In an underhand manner; - said of pitching or bowling.
By Noah Webster.
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Done by meanness or fraud; deceitful; sly: in baseball thrown with the hand lower than the shoulder.
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Unfairly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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