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Overhand   Listen
noun
Overhand  n.  
1.
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. "He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me."
2.
(Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand (2) pitch.





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"Overhand" Quotes from Famous Books



... water, quite different from the regular, diagonally crossing surges that the boat swept upon the bank. Looking at it more intently, he saw a black object turning in the water like a porpoise, and then the unmistakable uplifting of a black arm in an unskillful swimmer's overhand stroke. It was a struggling man. But it was quickly evident that the current was too strong and the turbulence of the shallow water too great for his efforts. Without a moment's hesitation, clad as ...
— Selected Stories • Bret Harte


Words linked to "Overhand" :   overhand pitch, handmade, round-arm, hand-crafted, athletics, overhand stitch, overhanded, overarm, oversewn, sport


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