Tennis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛnɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tennis is a noun meaning (sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
Meaning
(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, dated) To play tennis.
- (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
- (dated) A match in this sport.
- (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.
Example Sentences
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We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, […] were familiar to all London.
they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them
Word Forms
- tennises
- tennising
- tennised
Related Words
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