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tennising

tennising is the present participle and gerund of tennis.

Meaning of tennis

Verb

tennis (third-person singular simple present tennises, present participle tennising, simple past and past participle tennised)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To play tennis.
  2. (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
    • they shall have Intelligence or Espial upon the Enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

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Questions about tennising

What is tennising the present participle and gerund of?
Tennising is the present participle and gerund of tennis.

Words near tennising in the dictionary

  1. tennised
  2. tenniser
  3. tennisers
  4. tennises
  5. tennish
  6. tennising
  7. tennislike
  8. tennisman
  9. tennismen
  10. Tennison
  11. Tennisons

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