Definitions for tennis

tennis ten·nis

Spelling: [ten-is]
IPA: /ˈtɛn ɪs/

Tennis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in tennis (einnst).

Definitions for tennis

noun

  1. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.

Origin of tennis

1350-1400; Middle English tenetz, ten(e)ys Anglo-French: take!, imperative plural of tenir to hold, take, receive, apparently used as a server's call

Examples for tennis

Something stung my elbow and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball.

"There was one around last night," the tennis champion insisted.

And all because I had refused to pay for a tennis racket and a few other things.

The Hamptons was once described on Gossip Girl as “Park Avenue but with tennis whites and Bain de Soleil.”

tennis dignitary Chris Evert stands behind her, forced into rapturous laughter along with 14,000 others inside the arena.

I don't know what your taste in tennis flannels may be, but I hope it is good.

His calls and invitations for rides and tennis and golf were more frequent than ever.

He does not play outdoor games; no golf, tennis, but little walking.

I'm sure there will be a huge down fall in the next two to three years for women's tennis in China.

Ask any tennis journalist (myself included) or public relations representative if they have a good Li Na story and they do.

Word Value for tennis
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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