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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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break back

Sports; Tennis

to win a game as the receiving player or team immediately after losing the previous game as the serving player or team.

break point

Sports; Tennis

See Break Serve.

buggy whip

Sports; Tennis

Describes a forehand hit with a follow through which does not go across the body and finish on the opposite side but rather goes from low to high and finishes on the same side ...

bye

Sports; Tennis

Refers to the round of tournament where a player advances automatically without facing an opponent.

call

Sports; Tennis

an utterance of a line judge declaring that a play was outside of the play area

cannonball

Sports; Tennis

A somewhat older term used to define a hard flat serve.

can opener

Sports; Tennis

A serve hit by a right-handed player with slice landing on or near the intersection of the singles tramline and service line in the deuce court (landing in the ad court for a ...