Meaning of TENNIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'tenis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [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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| | Synonyms: | | lawn tennis |
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| | See Also: | | advantage, court game, court tennis, doubles, exchange, footfault, professional tennis, rally, real tennis, return, royal tennis, service break, set point, singles | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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.
\Ten"nis\, v. t.
To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.
[R.] --Spenser.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are playing tennis, represents changes and the need to actively assert yourself. You may be feeling the need to prove yourself time and time again. Alternatively, you may be unable to commit to a situation or decision. You are literally going back and forth between two choices.
Since one of the score in tennis is denoted as "love", then the game of tennis may be a metaphor for a romantic relationship or a courtship. |
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