• (British) IPA: /fɔːhænd/
• (America) IPA: /fɔːɹhænd/

forehand (plural forehands)

1. (racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. (disc sports) A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
3. All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
4. (archaic) The chief or most important part.
5. Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene i]:

     And, but for ceremony such a wretch,
     Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep,
     Had the forehand and vantage of a king

6. (surfing) The hand towards the front of the board.

• (kind of throw in sports) flick

• backhand

• French: coup droit

forehand (not comparable)

1. Beforehand; paid in advance.

   a forehand rent

• afterhand

forehand (forehands, present participle forehanding; past and past participle forehanded)

1. (transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke.

1. Surname