underhand
Collocations
4ADJ.
nasty
VERB + UNDERHAND
pitched
UNDERHAND + NOUN
jab
ADV.
entirely
Definitions
adj
Secret; clandestine.
Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.
adv
With an underhand movement.
In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.
verb
To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included.
Michael underhanded his half-dozen sticks into the audience as the stage lights went dark and house lights came up at the rear of the auditorium.
To trick, deceive or gull.
The time has arrived when monkeying with the public must cease, when lying and underhanding your competitor in the baking business must be banished from the plan of business development.
The other was that the majority of the purchasing contracts represented “good deals” because suppliers would not wish to be caught underhanding this company due to its size and influence in the market.
To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
About one-half the body has been mined by underhanding into mill holes; but with the adoption of the water drill, shrinkage stoping is being largely used and the larger stopes are mined as at Levack.
The floors are then extracted by underhanding, and finally the pillars at the levels are trimmed to the minimum size necessary to support the walls.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — marked by deception
adjective — with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
adverb — with the hand swung below shoulder level
adverb — slyly and secretly
- underhandedly
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Couture made straight for the refrigerator and returned with cold beer, underhanding them in turn to each of the team members, Sergeant Thi included.
WiktionaryMichael underhanded his half-dozen sticks into the audience as the stage lights went dark and house lights came up at the rear of the auditorium.
WiktionaryIn that era, a pitcher's job was to initiate play by underhanding the ball to the batter in a way that would prevent hard hits but not necessarily in hopes of a strikeout.
WiktionaryYour underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
WiktionaryIn softball, the ball is pitched underhand.
Tatoeba · #9365586In the trade this is generally regarded as a nasty underhand jab at the British cigar industry.
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