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overhand


adjective

  1. thrown or performed with the hand raised over the shoulder; overarm: overhand stroke.
  2. with the hand and part or all of the arm raised above the shoulder: to pitch overhand.
  3. (in sewing and embroidery) with close, shallow stitches over two edges.

adverb Also o·ver·hand·ed.

  1. with the hand over the object: to grasp one’s fork overhand.

noun

  1. an overhand stroke, throw, or delivery.

verb (used with object)

  1. to sew overhand.

adjective

  1. thrown or performed with the hand raised above the shoulder
  2. sewn with thread passing over two edges in one direction

adverb

  1. with the hand above the shoulder; overarm
  2. with shallow stitches passing over two edges

verb

  1. to sew (two edges) overhand

adv.1570s, “upside down,” from over- + hand. Sense in tennis, etc., in reference to hand position above that which is gripped, is first recorded 1861. As an adjective, of throws, strokes, or bowls, “done with the hand raised above the shoulder,” it is first recorded 1828 (in cricket).

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