tennis shot
- noun
- /ˈtɛnɪs ʃɑt/
:
golpe de tenis
- She practiced her tennis shot for hours to improve her backhand.
Examples
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The coach complimented her on the accuracy of her tennis shot.
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His powerful tennis shot won the match at the final point.
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He made an incredible tennis shot!
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Did you see that tennis shot?
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Her swift tennis shot won her the championship during the final match.
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With a perfectly placed tennis shot, he sent the ball past his opponent.
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She trained daily to perfect her tennis shot and become a better player.
Synonyms
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1.6
An attempt to score in a sport, for example throwing a heavy ball in shot put
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5.1
A hard, forceful shot of a ball in sport
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3.0
A very hard hit in sport, like in tennis
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3.5
A shot hit before the ball touches the ground in tennis
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5.6
A hard tennis shot hit above the player's head
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3.8
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
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3.6
A stroke in tennis or similar racket sports made with the back of the hand facing the ball
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4.6
A tennis hit that goes past an opponent at the net
To hit a tennis ball with a racket during a game
A stroke hit with the palm facing forward in tennis or badminton
A hard straight shot hit with the racket across the body in tennis
A hard straight shot hit from the side you hold the racket, used in tennis or badminton
A tennis shot played just after the ball bounces
A tennis shot a player hits between their legs while facing away from the net
A tennis stroke where you hit the ball downwards so it spins backwards
A shot played at an angle across the court from one side to the other
A hit where the palm faces the shot, as in tennis or badminton
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an act of striking a tennis ball with a racket' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tennis' (the sport) + 'shot' (a strike/attempt); this noun-noun compound follows a common and predictable pattern in English. Such sports-specific compounds are cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will reliably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Tennis shot comes from a simple game picture: tennis is the sport and a shot is a quick hit with a racket, so tennis shot means 'the action of hitting the tennis ball' during play.