An overhand pitch. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I've never climbed anything on that wall -- the overhand is pretty severe and I am pretty heavy. From Wordnik.com. [with the thoughts you'd be thinkin' you could be another Lincoln] Reference
By far the greatest bulk of ore is broken overhand, that is broken upward from one level to the next above. From Wordnik.com. [Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration] Reference
She swung the sword overhand, chopping down. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
The overhand seam is described under the overhand stitch. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Pit Bull drove him into the ropes with an overhand right. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Burke's Last Stand] Reference
This mining method is the graphic opposite of overhand stoping. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
To finish off the seam, overhand back over the last few stitches. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
To slope the face of an embankment or quarry; opposite of overhand. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
GIBSON: I told Diane, "Make sure you throw if overhand, not underhand.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2002] Reference
He slipped down to one knee and Jacek roared in, cutting an overhand chop. From Wordnik.com. [The Woods Out Back]
Fig.: One-Sided cut-and-fill stoping of overhand faces with brace support. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Unfortunately for Chuck Rashad connect an overhand right that put Chuck to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [UFC 88 Breakthrough: Recap and Results] Reference
Another overhand stroke, and he just missed the wobbling stern of the light skiff. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
The overhand stitch is used as an ornamental stitch for joining selvages and in hemming. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
If we take up fast swimming, we must learn one of the various overhand or overarm strokes. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
There are three kinds of knots -- the overhand knot, the square knot and the "Granny" knot. From Wordnik.com. [Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools] Reference
Only instinct caused him to duck just as an overhand right slashed through the air above him. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
He threw overhand but the distance was too great; the knife clanged harmlessly against steel. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
Big heaping fistfuls of money, delivered with a full overhand motion and a smooth follow-thru. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
When the wall can be approached from one side only, the work is said to be executed "overhand.". From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Examples of vertical pulling movements are chin-ups (overhand or underhand), lat pull downs and v-bar pull downs. From Wordnik.com. [Secret To Muscle Growth] Reference
Lew dropped his flight bag, moved his left foot forward, and hit the man in the face with a straight overhand right. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
With a snarl of resignation, she wadded up the parchment and threw it overhand into the fire with a powerful gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
He put everything into the garbage bag and tied the neck into a firm overhand knot, then set it to one side on the tarmac. From Wordnik.com. [Fire and Ice]
Garric struck low, under the kite-shaped shield one carried, and split the other lich to midchest with an overhand stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Pitchers slowly eroded the underhand-only part of the rule until the National League finally allowed the overhand delivery in 1883. From Wordnik.com. [Roger I. Abrams: Phillies Stealing Signs: Say It Ain't So] Reference
Their infantry rushed forth to support them, finishing off the wounded monsters with great overhand chops of their long-handled axes. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Did you think about throwing it overhand and then decide, you know, my best chance of getting it to home plate was to throw it underhand?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2008] Reference
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