tennis

tennis meaning

A tennis racket and ball. It stands for tennis, one of the few sports with a genuinely global calendar and four majors that everyone recognises. It appears in sport posts, and every summer in the specifically British ritual of caring about tennis intensely for two weeks and then not at all until the following July.

Meaning

A tennis racket and ball. It stands for tennis, one of the few sports with a genuinely global calendar and four majors that everyone recognises. It appears in sport posts, and every summer in the specifically British ritual of caring about tennis intensely for two weeks and then not at all until the following July.

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How to use it

• Wimbledon fortnight 🎾
• Caring about tennis for exactly two weeks 🎾
• Straight sets, no drama 🎾

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Technical details

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U+1F3BE

Emoji version

0.6

Shortcodes

:tennis:

Category

Activities

FAQ

What does the tennis emoji (🎾) mean?

A tennis racket and ball. It stands for tennis, one of the few sports with a genuinely global calendar and four majors that everyone recognises. It appears in sport posts, and every summer in the specifically British ritual of caring about tennis intensely for two weeks and then not at all until the following July.

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