tennis balls

Yellow fuzzy spheres

Tennis balls are the hollow rubber spheres used in tennis, covered in fuzzy felt and typically bright yellow-green.

The felt creates air resistance that affects flight and spin.

Tennis balls also make popular dog toys.

In the plural, tennis balls is vulgar slang for testicles.

texture

felt

Compressed fiber textile

velvety · soft · pilling · matted · worn · scuffed · pressurized · rubber · core · seam

play

rally

Gathering for a cause

lob · topspin · slice · drop shot · ace · return · spin · pace · placement · trajectory

equipment

racket

Uproar, scam, or paddle

  • hopperTapered dispensing container
  • basketWoven carrying vessel
  • tubeHollow cylindrical passage

canister · pressurizer · cart · net · court · strings · practice · training · feeding · pickup

brands

Penn

Philadelphia's Ivy League school

  • WilsonAnglo-Saxon patronymic surname
  • DunlopRubber and tire company
  • WimbledonPremier grass-court championship

US Open

color

yellow

Hue between green and orange

bright · faded · white · orange · high-visibility

uses

fetch

Go get and return

dog toy · games · practice · target · throwing

bounce

elasticity

Tendency to resume original form

pressure · liveliness · flat · kinetic · dynamics · compression · decompression · altitude · responsive · lively

Categories
Opposites
racket sport projectiles

tennis ballsshuttlecocks

Feathered badminton projectiles

birdies

ball characteristics

tennis ballsbowling balls

Drilled spheres for striking pins

medicine balls · shot puts · lead balls · cannonballs · bocce balls

Family

ball, tennis, table tennis, lawn tennis, tennis ball, ball boy

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G