love game


noun Tennis.

a game in which one's opponent fails to win a point.

Origin of love game

First recorded in 1825–35

Example sentences from the Web for love game

  • Drain it not to-night, lest I win a love-game, though we do not play for love!'

    The World's Desire |H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for love game

love game

noun

tennis a game in which the loser has a score of zero