Anagrams of BACKHANDED

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

• roundabout or ambiguous

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

• a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke

• (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

• hit a tennis ball backhand

• a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• having a back or backing, usually of a specified type

• used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light

• a band worn around or over the head

• An elephant trap; an enclosure constructed to entrap wild elephants.

• a coil of rope or wool or yarn

• a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

• To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)