tennis balln.

Etymology: < tennis n. + ball n.¹ 2.

a. The small ball used in real tennis or lawn tennis.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > ball

tennis ballc1450

Paris ball1530

c1450 Brut ccxliv. 374 Yn scorne & despite he [the Dauphin] sent to hym [King Henry V] a tonne fulle of teneys~ballis, be-cause he schulde haue sumwhat to play with-alle.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 60 As if God did to make himself pastime to tosse men like tennise balles.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 258 Tennis balles my Liege.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 80 Such cruel Bangs..as if I had been pelted with Tennis-balls.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xxxi. 57 Like tennis-ball by raquet tossed.

attributive.1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. vii, in Gardeners Daily Assistant Tennis-ball cabbage lettuce.

b. figurative; esp. a thing or person that is tossed or bandied about like a tennis ball.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > thing or person moving to and fro or up and down

tennis ball1589

yo-yo1958

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person

demurrer1533

hanger1536

staggerer1552

hobbler1575

tennis ball1589

waverer1597

halter1608

suspender1625

waver1667

fluttererc1726

oscillator1798

pendulum1818

shilly-shallyer1832

shilly-shally1834

wobbler1837

hesitater1853

dilly-dallier1880

vacillator1890

haverer1947

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 135 Vulcan, Venus,..Daphne turnd to Tree..tennis balles to euery tongue of euery Deitee.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 570 The very tennisse-ball, in some sort, of fortune.

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 23 A cluster of them makes not half a Moon, What should such tennis-balls do in the skie?

1890 H. G. Dakyns in tr. Xenophon Wks. I. p. xciv We find this great Athenian captain playing the ignoble part of tennis-ball to rival Spartan harmosts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	tennis ball
释义	tennis balln. Etymology: < tennis n. + ball n.¹ 2. a. The small ball used in real tennis or lawn tennis. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > ball tennis ballc1450 Paris ball1530 c1450 Brut ccxliv. 374 Yn scorne & despite he [the Dauphin] sent to hym [King Henry V] a tonne fulle of teneys~ballis, be-cause he schulde haue sumwhat to play with-alle. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 60 As if God did to make himself pastime to tosse men like tennise balles. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 258 Tennis balles my Liege. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 80 Such cruel Bangs..as if I had been pelted with Tennis-balls. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xxxi. 57 Like tennis-ball by raquet tossed. attributive.1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants p. vii, in Gardeners Daily Assistant Tennis-ball cabbage lettuce. b. figurative; esp. a thing or person that is tossed or bandied about like a tennis ball. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > thing or person moving to and fro or up and down tennis ball1589 yo-yo1958 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person demurrer1533 hanger1536 staggerer1552 hobbler1575 tennis ball1589 waverer1597 halter1608 suspender1625 waver1667 fluttererc1726 oscillator1798 pendulum1818 shilly-shallyer1832 shilly-shally1834 wobbler1837 hesitater1853 dilly-dallier1880 vacillator1890 haverer1947 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 135 Vulcan, Venus,..Daphne turnd to Tree..tennis balles to euery tongue of euery Deitee. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 570 The very tennisse-ball, in some sort, of fortune. 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans 23 A cluster of them makes not half a Moon, What should such tennis-balls do in the skie? 1890 H. G. Dakyns in tr. Xenophon Wks. I. p. xciv We find this great Athenian captain playing the ignoble part of tennis-ball to rival Spartan harmosts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450
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