Dictionary meaning - tennis - latest news, information, videos, photos, images

Dictionary meaning on tennis

    Tennis from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
    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]
    Tennis from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
    Tennis \Ten"nis\, v. t. To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
    tennis from WordNet (r) 2.0
    tennis 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 [syn: {lawn tennis}]
    tennis from Africaan-English Freedict Dictionary
    tennis tennis
    tennis from Danish-English Freedict dictionary
    tennis tennis

Current news on tennis


expand topics on tennis newsExpand headings   collapse topics on tennis newsCollapse headings   

tennis - Twitter Search

tennis - Bing News

YouTube Videos matching query: tennis


Related product searches on tennisRelated products on tennis

 

Blogs on tennisBlogs on tennis

Loading related blogs on tennis

Related Photos and Images on tennisRelated Photos and Images on tennis

Flickr Photo Bucket
Loading..
Loading..

 

rating and comments on tennisRate and comment on tennis





Related dictionary sites on tennis

Look up a new word


Top SAT vocabulary word
GRE vocabulary word