Anti-tennis

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A corrupted or unconventional form of tennis. uncountable

    "Those of you who are perverse enough to have read along so far are my kind of folks, so you’ll know what I mean when I say that at this point, I thought, Cool. Each guy has played a set of anti-tennis and gotten the demons out of his system. So it’s like, okay, I’ve got an idea!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing the sport of tennis.

    "Does it surprise anyone else at the fervor of anti-rowing sentiment at many colleges and schools? What's the deal? Jealousy? Are there anti-tennis or anti-baseball pages? People who are passionate about disliking lacrosse?"

Example

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"Does it surprise anyone else at the fervor of anti-rowing sentiment at many colleges and schools? What's the deal? Jealousy? Are there anti-tennis or anti-baseball pages? People who are passionate about disliking lacrosse?"

Etymology

From anti- + tennis.

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