A very old and elaborate ball-game played by two, three, or four persons in a building specially constructed for the purpose, a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court, sports A sport played by either two or four players with strung racquets, a 2«" (6.4 cm) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court, transitive verb_ rare To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis, To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball