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Meanings of backhanded slap in English

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Usage of backhanded slap in English
1
He sped onward, her backhanded slap just missing his head.
Blood and Bone
2
Her retort earned her a backhanded slap across her face that made her stumble backward.
Diagnosis: danger
3
Tanner Sack had hit her once, a hard backhanded slap that had sent her into the wall.
The Scar
4
These same people said the forensic evidence was consistent with a hard backhanded slap from a giant lizard walking on its hind legs.
Haunted: a novel of stories
5
Ho swung a backhanded slap that caught the man across the side of his head, sending him off his feet to lie motionless.
Return of the Crimson Guard
6
Part of her enjoyment, she knew, was a backhanded slap at her grandfather, who always hated the subway and wouldn't take it for any reason.
All the pretty dead girls
7
'Take that, then,' says he, and it's a clip on the nose, or a backhanded slap across the chops as likely as not.
Rodney Stone
8
"Let me explain," I began again, but Alpha silenced me with a backhanded slap that left my lip bleeding and my ears ringing.
The Hyperion Cantos
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