Category:Tennis

Ten"nis, n. Etym: [oe. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, Perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable).]

Defn: 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.

Tennis Ten"nis, v. t.

Defn: to drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [r.] Spenser.