Overhand /(?)/
O·ver·hand
Overhand
n.
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The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.
- A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{2} pitch. (Baseball)
Overhand
a.
- Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both. (Sewing)
- Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke. (Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Overhand knot
- See Illustration of Knot.
Overhand
adv.
- In an overhand manner or style.