TENNIS STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tennis stroke mean? 

• TENNIS STROKE (noun)
  The noun TENNIS STROKE has 1 sense:

1. the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket

  Familiarity information: TENNIS STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENNIS STROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tennis shot; tennis stroke

Hypernyms ("tennis stroke" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tennis stroke"):

return (a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player)

serve; service ((sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play)