tennis

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/ˈtɛnɪs/

noun 3verb 2name 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

men's, women's | junior | professional | international, world

competitive

My brother started playing competitive tennis at age twelve and now competes in regional tournaments.

lawn, real

QUANT

game

VERB + TENNIS

play | watch

TENNIS + NOUN

ball, racket | dress, shoe, shorts | court, facilities | camp, centre, club

circuit, scene

He dreamed of becoming a professional player since he first entered the tennis circuit at age sixteen.

championship, competition, event, match, tournament | ace, champion, coach, legend, player, star | fan | commentator, journalist | career

Definitions

noun

A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”

A match in this sport.

We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]

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.

tennis-balls

His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, […] were familiar to all London.

verb

To play tennis.

To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.

they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them

name

An unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas, United States.

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Idioms & Phrases

tonsil tennis

Synonym of French kissing: the act or practice of kissing involving the tongue.

Example Bank

“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”

Wiktionary

We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]

Wiktionary

tennis-balls

Wiktionary

they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them

Wiktionary

He's Argentinean and he gives tennis lessons.

Tatoeba · #2231

Do you not play tennis?

Tatoeba · #16504

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tennis is marked as dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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