Tennis
['tenɪs] or ['tɛnɪs]
Definition
(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.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
Editor: Stephen
Definition
n. an ancient game for two to four persons played with ball and rackets within a building specially constructed for the purpose: lawn-tennis (q.v.) a modern imitation of the former.—ns. Tenn′is-ball a ball used in the game of tennis; Tenn′is-court a place or court for playing at tennis.
Typed by Judy
Unserious Contents or Definition
A game in which the participants enjoy a racket on the side and raise the deuce over a net, while the volleys drive them from set to set and love scores as often as it's mentioned.
Inputed by Bertha
Examples
- I have rubber-soled tennis shoes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Come into a hackney-coach with me, and we will drive down to the Tennis Court, in the Haymarket. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We find the meetings going on in salons that were not wanted, in orangeries and tennis-courts, and so forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Vigor will enable a man to play tennis or golf or to sail a boat better than he would if he were weak. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Shall I tell Lorne, said poor Tom, with an effort to recover his usual gaiety, that you will write to him, or will you come to the Tennis-court? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Nancy