tennis
/ˈtɛnɪs/
nounverb
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
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Noun 2 meanings
A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
A match in this sport.
Verb 2 meanings
To play tennis.
To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
TENNIS at a glance
TENNIS has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + N 1 + I 1 + S 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,909 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with tennis
All rhymes- DENIS6
- BIKINIS13
- ADONIS7
- MINIS7
- UNIS4
- MARTINIS10
- FINIS8
- ANIS4
- MANIS7
- BENNIS8
- AFGHANIS15
- NONIS5
One letter away
- BENNIS8
- TENUIS6
- PENNIS8
- TENNES6
- TENNOS6
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