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What is a backhander?

What is a backhander? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
  2. A blow with the back of the hand.
  3. (informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
  4. (racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
  5. (surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
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They'll work on their slapshot, their wrister, their backhander.
All of these tactics can work, just as a slap shot, a snap shot, a wrist shot or a backhander will work in the right situation.
Minnesota's Mikko Koivu beats Mighty Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere with a backhander in the shootout.
But no vibration of any such impatience was in Merivales voice, and in his words there was no backhander to answer it.
He administered a backhander to Elgood as he spoke, and the next minute Charlie, roused beyond all bearing, had knocked him down.
I have received personal criticism in nasty sniping ways, even being accused publicly of taking a backhander.

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