Tennis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A game played with rackets and a light ball by two players or two pairs of players on a rectangular court, as of grass, clay, or asphalt, divided by a net. Also called lawn tennis.
  • n. Court tennis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sport played by either two or four players with strung racquets, a 2½" (6.4 cm) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court.
  • n. A match in this sport.
  • v. To play tennis.
  • v. To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A very old and elaborate ball-game played by two, three, or four persons in a building specially constructed for the purpose.
  • n. Same as lawn-tennis.
  • To drive, as a ball in playing tennis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
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    court game   
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