Definition of "tennis" in Englisch

noun

1. (sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

2. (dated) A match in this sport.

3. (obsolete) An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand.

verb

1. (intransitive, dated) To play tennis.

2. (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.