'Tennis' definitions:

Definition of 'tennis'

From: WordNet
noun
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: tennis, lawn tennis]

Definition of 'Tennis'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tennis'

From: GCIDE
  • Tennis \Ten"nis\, v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

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