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Definition of 'tennis'Noun
( en-noun)
(label) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
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(label) A match in this sport.
* 1918 , (Violet Hunt), The Last Ditch (page 95)
- We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises
(obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand.
* (Shakespeare)
* (1800-1859)
- His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis , were familiar to all London.
Derived terms
( top2)
* football tennis
* lawn tennis
* real tennis
* tennis ball
( mid2)
* tennis court
* tennis player
* tennis racket
* tennis racquet
( bottom)
Related terms
* tennis elbow
See also
* table tennis or ping pong
Verb
(dated) To play tennis.
To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
- (Spenser)
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