inside-out

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of sidelong.

   • ...with a nudge of the elbow, and an inside-out squint of his eyes...
2. 2

   With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.

   • These curious gloves... have two thumbs, so that by an inside-out process they can get another pair of gloves when the palm becomes worn out.
   • This force is all that prevents the blades from pointing straight up like an inside-out umbrella.
   • Brian Rosenworcel... was wearing gray Crocs and an inside-out T-shirt.
3. 3

   Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a…

   Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.

   • ...cracking an ‘inside-out’ backhand past Rahim on the set point...
   • Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.
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   1. 4

      Alternative form of inside out.

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