tennis
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- nontennis
- tennisdom
- tenniser
- tennislike
- tennisman
- tenniswear
- tenniswoman
- tennisy
- toccer
- TWAG
- court tennis
- paddle tennis
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "tennys".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tennis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.