Sports

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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Ball Boy (or Ball Girl or Ballkid)

Sports; Tennis

a child tasked with retrieving tennis balls from the court that have gone out of play. They also supply the balls to the players before their service so that the server can choose ...

baseline

Sports; Tennis

The end line on the court. A ball hit over the baseline is out of play.

baseliner

Sports; Tennis

a player who plays around the baseline during play and relies on the quality of his or her ground strokes.

big serve

Sports; Tennis

a forceful serve, usually giving an advantage in the point for the server.

block

Sports; Tennis

a defensive shot with relatively little backswing, usually while returning a serve.

breadstick

Sports; Tennis

jargon for winning (or losing) a set 6–1, with the straight shape of the "1" being evoked supposedly by the straight shape of a breadstick.

break

Sports; Tennis

to win a game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve. Noun: break (service break) (e.g. "to be a break down" means "to have, in a set, one break less than the ...