How to pronounce “underhand”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Secret; clandestine.
• (by extension) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
• (in various ball games, of a ball) Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
• [Adverb]
• With an underhand movement.
• In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
• (transitive) To trick, deceive or gull.
• (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
• [Noun]
• (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.

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Similar Sounds

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