tennis

1. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. Source: opted

3. 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 Source: wordnet

4. 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. His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay. 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. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] Spenser. Source: webster

5. A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motionby striking it with a racket or with the open hand. Shak.His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playingtennis, . . . were familiar to all London. Macaulay.Court tennis, the old game of tennis as played within walled courtsof 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. Source: adambom

6. n:100 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 Source: ecdict

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