backhanderPronunciation: /ˈbakhandə/Translate backhander | into French | into German | into Italian Definition of backhander noun 1a blow made with the back of the hand:shut up, or I’ll give you a backhander a backhand stroke or shot in a game: Hunter flipped in a backhander 2British informal a secret and illegal payment; a bribe:a fortune had been paid in backhanders to local officialsbackhander in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of backhander in the US English dictionary