1. (tennis) the wire holding up the tennis net; a shot that clips the top of the tennis net

Derived forms: net cords

• rip up
• Rip van Winkle
• rip-off
• rip-roaring
• Riparia
• Riparia riparia
• riparian
• riparian forest
• riparian right
• ripcord
• ripe
• ripe olive
• ripely
• ripen
• ripened
• ripeness
• ripening
• ripieno
• riposte
• ripper
• ripping
• ripping bar
• ripping chisel
• ripple
• ripple effect