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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Underhand (0.00943 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Underhand.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: underhand underhand adv 1: 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 [syn: underhandedly] 2: with the hand swung below shoulder level'; “throwing a ball underarm” [syn: underarm] underhand adj 1: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; “an underhand pitch”; “an underhand stroke” [syn: underhanded, underarm] [ant: overhand] 2: marked by deception; “achieved success in business only by underhand methods” [syn: sneaky, underhanded]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Underhand Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow. [1913 Webster] Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably. [1913 Webster] Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: In modern usage, the sense is usually negative. [PJC] 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; thrown with the hand no higher than the shoulder and the palm turned upward during part of the pitch; -- said of pitching or bowling a ball. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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