Phrase Hound found 50 phrases and 19 compound words that contain tennis. The most common are listed below. Open tennis in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 50
- table tennisA game or sport (similar to tennis) that involves the hitting of a light plastic ball with rackets (called paddles, or bats in Britain) across a table fashioned like a miniature tennis court.
- tennis courtA firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.
- tennis playerA person who plays tennis. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- tennis ballA hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.
- tennis courtsplural of tennis court: A firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.
- tennis shoesplural of tennis shoe: A sneaker (trainer).
- table tennis playerA person who plays table tennis, especially professionally.
- College tennis
- tennis playersplural of tennis player: A person who plays tennis. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- real tennisAn indoor racket sport from which the modern game of tennis (lawn tennis) is descended.
- soft tennisA variant of tennis, developed in Japan, differing in the tennis ball used, from regular tennis (lawn tennis), having a softer rubber ball.
- tennis shoeA sneaker (trainer).
- football tennisA sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.
- tennis elbowA painful inflammation of the extensor tendon of the humerus caused by overuse of the muscles of the lower arm.
- tennis racketA type of bat used to strike the ball in tennis; it has an oval frame with a taut interlaced network of strings
- Tennis Court OathAn oath taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the …
- table tennis tableA specially dimensioned table with a low net across it, on which the game of table tennis is played.
- court tennisreal tennis
- platform tennisAn American racquet sport derived from tennis, played in an enclosed area, with players permitted to bounce the ball off the outer walls.
- ring tennisThe sport of tennikoit.
- royal tennisreal tennis
- tennis shirtA polo shirt.
- tennis braceletA diamond line bracelet.
- anti-tennisOpposing the sport of tennis.
- wheelchair tennisA form of tennis adapted for wheelchair users, with similar courts, nets and rackets but with a rule allowing the ball to bounce up to two times between strokes; the second bounce may also occur outside the court.
Compound words 19
- tennismanA male tennis player.
- tenniswomanA female tennis player.
- twagTo play truant.
- tennisdomThe world of tennis.
- nontennisNot of or pertaining to the sport of tennis.
- tennislikeResembling the game of tennis or some aspect of it.
- tenniswearClothing for playing tennis in.
- tennisyResembling or characteristic of the game of tennis.
- toccerA sport in which two teams of eight players contend to get a ball resembling a tennis ball into the other team's goal, defended by a player with a racquet.
- tenniserA tennis player.