Definition of "inside-out" in English

adjective

1. (rare, obsolete) Synonym of sidelong.

2. With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.

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

   • Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.

adverb

1. Alternative form of inside out.