- love\ game
- nounA game of tennis which is won without the opponent scoring.
Britain took a love game on Songster's service.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
love\ game
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Love game — Love Love (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
love game — n. a game, as in tennis, in which the losing player or team scores no points … English World dictionary
love game — noun : a game (as in tennis) won without loss of a point * * * Tennis. a game in which one s opponent fails to win a point. [1825 35] * * * love game noun (tennis) A game in which the loser has not scored (possibly from Fr l’œuf egg, cf ↑duck1 in … Useful english dictionary
love game — {n.} A game of tennis which is won without the opponent scoring. * /Britain took a love game on Songster s service./ … Dictionary of American idioms
love game — {n.} A game of tennis which is won without the opponent scoring. * /Britain took a love game on Songster s service./ … Dictionary of American idioms
love game — /lʌv ˈgeɪm/ (say luv gaym) noun (in tennis) a game in which one player scores no more than love (zero) …
love game — Tennis. a game in which one s opponent fails to win a point. [1825 35] * * * … Universalium
love game — noun A game in which one of the two players scored no point … Wiktionary
love game — score of zero (in tennis, etc.); game in which the loser (losing player or team) does not score any points … English contemporary dictionary
love game — noun (in tennis, squash, etc.) a game in which the loser does not score … English new terms dictionary
