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Tennis

Tennis Meaning & Definition
Tennis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tennis?

[n] a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tennis: lawn tennis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tennis:

See Also | advantage | court game | court tennis | doubles | exchange | footfault | professional tennis | rally | real tennis | return | royal tennis | service break | set point | singles

Tennis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ten"nis\, n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see {Tenable}).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand. --Shak. His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. --Macaulay. {Court tennis}, the old game of tennis as played within walled courts of peculiar construction; -- distinguished from lawn tennis. {Lawn tennis}. See under {Lawn}, n. {Tennis court}, a place or court for playing the game of tennis. --Shak.
\Ten"nis\, v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] --Spenser.

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