Definition of Tennis

Tennis

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.

To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis.

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The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.
Mitch Hedberg

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.
Martha Stewart

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
Billie Jean King

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
Billie Jean King

I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.
Billie Jean King

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
Billie Jean King

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.
Billie Jean King