About The Word Tennis
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Tennis
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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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