tennis.
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
Meaning & usage
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
A match in this sport.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
To play tennis.
To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
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