Dictionary

underhand en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• ŭnʹdə(r)-(h)ănd'

Etymology

From under + hand.

Meanings

1. Secret; clandestine.
2. (broadly) Dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner.
3. (in various ball games, of a ball) Thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below.

Forms

Deriveds

underhander · underhandly · underhandness

Synonyms

underhanded (all) · backdoor (all) · sneaky · underarm

Translations (17)

it viscido (dishonest and sneaky) · cy dan din (dishonest and sneaky) · bg непочтен (dishonest and sneaky) · de heimlich (dishonest and sneaky) · ru вороватый (dishonest and sneaky) · mi tītipa (dishonest and sneaky) · pl podstępny (dishonest and sneaky) · es solapado (dishonest and sneaky) · bg коварен (dishonest and sneaky) · pl oszukańczy (dishonest and sneaky) · de hinterhältig (dishonest and sneaky) · it subdolo (dishonest and sneaky) · nl achterbaks (dishonest and sneaky) · it sfuggente (dishonest and sneaky) · fi salakähmäinen (dishonest and sneaky) · fr sournois (dishonest and sneaky) · cy llechwraidd (dishonest and sneaky)

underhand en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• ŭnʹdə(r)-(h)ănd'

Etymology

From under + hand.

Meanings

1. With an underhand movement.
2. In a sly, sneaky or secret manner.

Forms

Synonyms

underhandedly (in a secret manner)

Translations (12)

bg коварно (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · pl podstępnie (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · ru тихой сапой (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · bg подмолно (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · ru украдкой (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · cy dan din (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · fi salakähmäisesti (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · pl oszukańczo (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · it subdolamente (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · ca de sotamà (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · cy yn llechwraidd (in a dishonest and sneaky manner) · it sottobanco (in a dishonest and sneaky manner)

underhand en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• ŭnʹdə(r)-(h)ănd'

Etymology

From under + hand.

Meanings

1. The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
   • Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.

Forms

underhand en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/
• (Southern-England) audio
• ŭnʹdə(r)-(h)ănd'

Etymology

From under + hand.

Meanings

1. (transitive) 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. 2010, Michael Hodgins, Reluctant Warrior, →ISBN:
   • 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. 2013, George R.R. Martin, Wild Cards: Inside Straight, →ISBN:
   • In 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. 2014, Jack Heffron, The Local Boys: Hometown Players for the Cincinnati Reds, →ISBN, page 60:
2. (transitive) 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. 1922, Baking Technology - Volumes 1-2, page 193:
   • Many have been underhanded by fate and occasionally made to ask, like I once did, if there is a God, and if there is, how could they experience His power. 2010, Christiana I. Chineme, God Didn't Do It; He Only Signed Off On It, →ISBN, page 149:
   • 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. 1994, Benjamin Gilad, Business blindspots:
3. To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
   • 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. 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular, page 166:
   • 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. 1903, Mining Reporter - Volume 47, page 480:
   • This method is used only in a one-set panel mined from level to level by underhanding into the chute at the foot- wall end of the previous panel. 1942, Mining Technology - Volume 6, Issue 1, page 9:

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