backhander
Noun
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Noun
backhander (plural backhanders)
- A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
- A blow with the back of the hand.
- (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
- (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
- (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
- German: Schlag mit dem Handrücken
- Italian: manrovescio, marrovescio
- Spanish: torniscón
- German: Schmiergeld, Bestechungsgeld, Bakschisch, heimliche Zahlung
- Italian: tangente, bustarella, mazzetta
- German: Rückhandschlag
- Italian: rovescio
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