a game in which two or four people use rackets to hit a ball across a net. A player scores a point when their opponent cannot hit the ball back. Tennis is played on a tennis court.
Synonyms and related words
Tennis
ace
advantage
bagel
tennis
noun uncountable
US /ˈtenɪs/
Other entries for this word
lawn tennisnoun
tennis shoenoun
table tennisnoun
tennis elbownoun
DEFINITIONS1
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a game in which two or four people use rackets to hit a ball across a net. A player scores a point when their opponent cannot hit the ball back. Tennis is played on a tennis court.