Hyphenation of backhands

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word backhands? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

back-hands

Definitions of backhands:

1.	A return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
2.	Hit a tennis ball backhand
3.	(of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
4.	(of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.