Meaning of tennis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
2. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
   uncountable, usually
3. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets
4. A match in this sport
5. A match in this sport.
   dated, uncountable, usually
6. 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
7. 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.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
8. To play tennis
9. To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball

Equivalents

Examples

““Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.””

“We go about to parties in the daytime as usual, teas and tennises[…]”

“tennis-balls”

“His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis, […] were familiar to all London.”

CEFR level