TENNIS
NOUNS
1475 — CATCH tennis → Sc. obs.
1526 — CACHESPELL — CACHESPULE a tennis court → Sc. obs.
1568 — CACHESPELL — CACHESPULE the game of tennis → Sc. obs.
1598 — BANDY in tennis: a stroke with a racket; a ball of struck; a ‘return’ at tennis → obs.
1608 — BACK-RACKET the return of a ball in tennis → obs.
1663 — CATCHPOLE — CATCHPULE tennis → obs.
1847 — CADDY — CADDY-BALL a tennis-ball → Eng. dial.
1882 — SMASH in tennis: a hard and fast overhand volley
1897 — DAISY-CUTTER a very low tennis shot → Amer. sl.
..20C — FAG PACKET a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) → Brit. sl.
1920 — RABBITRY a state of being a poor player. esp. in golf or tennis → sl.
.M20 — DINK a drop shot in tennis → US
1976 — BAGEL — BAGEL JOB in tennis: a score of 6-0 in a set; a match in which all sets have been won 6-0 → Amer. sl.
1981 — GROUNDIE in tennis: a ground stroke → Amer. sl.
1988 — MONKEY ON YOUR BACK in sports: the inability to beat a certain opponent; most commonly used in tennis → US sl.
1999 — HIT-AND-GIGGLE a sexist term for a light-hearted tennis game played b women → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1500 — NACKET a tennis court-keeper’s boy → obs.
1581 — RACKETER one who a racket game, esp. tennis
1600 — COURT KEEPER a master or teacher of the game of rackets or tennis → obs.
1847 — NETMAN a tennis player
1883 — BASELINER in tennis: one who plays a baseline game (a playing strategy in which a player stays close to the baseline and seldom moves into the forecourt)
1904 — RABBIT a poor performer at any game, especially cricket, golf, or tennis → sl.
1925 — PUSHER a player who prefers to keep the ball in play and wait for the opponent to make an error, rather than attempting to hit winning shots → tennis sl.
1976 — MOONBALLER in tennis: a person who frequently hits moonballs (high lobs)
1979 — BIG SERVER in tennis: a player who has a powerful serve → sports usage (Bk.)
1979 — HACKER in tennis: an ineffective player → sports usage (Bk.)
VERBS
1882 — SMASH in tennis: to strike the ball violently and swiftly in an overhand volley
1890 — SHACK to retrieve stray balls for a baseball or tennis player; to retrieve a stray ball; broadly, to go in search of → Amer. dial.
.M20 — DINK in tennis, volleyball, and other games with a net: to execute a drop shot that falls just beyond the net → chiefly US
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