Translation for 'back-hand' from English to French

back-hand

revers {m}sport

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back of the hand

dos {m} de la main

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to know sth. like the back of one's hand [idiom]

connaître qc. comme sa poche [loc.]

connaître qc. sur le bout des doigts [loc.]

to slap sb. with the back of one's hand

gifler qn. du revers de la main

• He had a slight limp and he compensated this by "wiggling his behind, a little like Marilyn Monroe" (in his own words) before executing a quick back-hand flick serve to fool his opponents.
• In boxing, the "one-two combo" is the name given to the combination consisting of two common punches found in boxing – a jab (thrown with the lead hand) followed by the cross (thrown with the back hand).
• This style is greatly varied when the back hand (right for an orthodox fighter and left for a southpaw) rises vertically.
• There are two plain-clothed policemen in the Barley Mow asking Dennis questions about the house, so he lets Ally know, who advises the lads to start smashing the place up to show that it is undervalued, as the Fraud Squad think a back hand deal has been done with Kenny Ames who is in exile in Spain.
• At first with the right hand, then a minute again with the left hand, then with two racquets in fore-hand only, then with two racquets in back-hand only.

• The height of the wrist off the guitar is roughly equal to the width of the back hand.
• The typical way to perform a 50/50 truckstand is to put the board into nosestop, grasp the board with the back hand, jump and toss it to the front hand and land with the back foot on the truck, then execute a half-finger flip to land it.
• He suffered multiple fractures as well as bruising on his leg, back, hand and head.
• Attila's back hand shot from ten meters in the 2000 Olympic finals against Russia was probably the most unexpected and spectacular goal anyone ever scored in an Olympic final game in water polo.
• With flushes and straights the player with the highest back hand wins if that ties then the middle hand is compared.

• The skateboarder holds the tail of the skateboard deck with the back hand, while the back foot is taken off the skateboard and extended downwards.
• Also known as knife edge chop or back-hand slice, is the act of a wrestler slice-chopping the chest of the opponent using an upwards backhand swing.
• Japanese swordsmanship is primarily two-handed wherein the front hand pushes down and the back hand pulls up while delivering a basic vertical cut.
• Petrova is an all-court aggressive player who is capable of hitting winners off both wings, but particularly off her back-hand and which she hits flat and with slice.
• Subordinates salute superiors and every salute is given back. Hand salutes are not performed if a member is not wearing a headdress or if he is holding a weapon.

• The back hand can be used for striking the opponent while he is preoccupied maintaining his balance.
• He used his athletic skills in a career as a Hollywood stuntman, performing the back hand springs for John Belushi down the church aisle in "The Blues Brothers".
• The virtue of having a running back take the snap in the wildcat formation is that the rushing play is 11-on-11, although different variations have the running back hand off or throw the football.