Tennis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tennis \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.


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           His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing
           and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tennis \Ten"nis\, v. t.
     To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
     [R.] --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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
           [syn: {lawn tennis}]