Tennis
Tennis , noun
[Old English tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps from French tenez hold or take it, from 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. — Shakespeare
His easy bow, his good stories, his style of dancing and playing tennis,... were familiar to all London.
Collocations (3)
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. — Shakespeare
Tennis , transitive verb
To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis. [Rare] — Spenser