tennis

Speech parts

1. tennis - Noun

2. tennis - Verb

Meaning

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.

To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lawn tennis real tennis court tennis racket sport game sneaker football sport cricket hockey racquet basketball soccer softball high-top
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Antonyms

winter sport winter activity

Hypernyms

court game

Hyponyms

real tennis singles court tennis doubles royal tennis professional tennis

Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

sennit sinnet Nentsi nestin tensin

Examples

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. Robert Frost

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around. Boris Johnson

I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window. Alice Munro

Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies. Sania Mirza

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport. Sania Mirza

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall. Mitch Hedberg

Close letter words and terms

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