tennis ball
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- noun
- /ˈtɛnɪs bɔl/
:
pelota de tenis
- The players hit the tennis ball back and forth across the net during the match.
- hitting a tennis ball
- Place tennis balls
He just battered me with tennis balls, but I'm really glad he did.
- He just battered me with tennis balls, but I'm really glad he did.
- And you know, you need money to pay for the racket, for the tennis balls, for the coach, for the court.
- And so the basketball is so much more massive than the tennis ball.
- Oh, but what about when you shoot a tennis ball?
- And then we go out in the swimming pool and throw the tennis ball.
- Egg, the tennis ball my mother gave.
- The Zen Dragoon think it hurt being hit by a tennis ball being served.
- Sean in this most beautiful rounded small little tennis ball.
- No bees and no clean white snow, rather these dirty dregs with old tennis balls frozen into them.
Examples
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The yellow tennis ball sails out of reach and comes arcing toward Jeff.
Fiction book (2002) -
The neighbor's dog runs up, a tennis ball in its mouth.
Fiction book (1991) -
After all, it's only a tennis ball.
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Do you see a tennis ball anywhere?
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As a matter of fact, I got hit by a tennis ball.
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My mother turns back toward me, holding the tennis ball up high over her head.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the distance, there is the sound of a tennis ball being struck.
Fiction book (1998) -
How much room is needed to store one million tennis balls?
Academic text (2013) -
When my dog catches a tennis ball, she seems pretty happy that she succeeded in getting in.
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A minute later, he returned with a tennis ball, which he spun between his two fingers.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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A round object used in games like football or tennis
How Bouncy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The noun tennis ball comes from the sport and the object: tennis ('the game') and ball ('a small round object'). A bright, felt-covered version was made so players and TV viewers could see it easily, so today tennis ball means the small yellow or white felt ball used in tennis.