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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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trampolining

Sports; Tennis

The effect which occurs when striking a ball flat with a racket that is strung at a very loose tension. Trampolining results in a shot that has a very high velocity.

tree

Sports; Tennis

A player who is playing much better than they normally play, or a shot that a player hits that he/she would not normally make under normal circumstances.

treeing

Sports; Tennis

Someone who is playing much better than they normally play.

triple bagel

Sports; Tennis

three sets won to love

tweener

Sports; Tennis

a trick shot first popularized by Yannick Noah which involves hitting the ball between the legs from front to rear while retrieving an offensive lob.

twist serve

Sports; Tennis

A serve hit with a combination of slice and topspin which results in a curving trajectory and high bounce in the opposite direction of the ball's flight trajectory. (See Kick ...

underspin

Sports; Tennis

spin of a ball where the top of the ball rotates away from the direction of travel; the spin is underneath the ball, causing the ball to float and to bounce at a lower angle to ...