love hold

noun

A game in which the server wins every point (in which the server holds to love).

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Meanings

nounlove hold (plural love holds)

plural love holds

  1. hobbiesA game in which the server wins every point (in which the server holds to love).

    Azarenka whipped a sensational forehand around the net post to break for 2-0 in the second set, followed it up with a love hold and moved to 5-1 when Paszek netted a forehand.

    2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport
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APA

love hold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20hold

MLA

“love hold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20hold. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “love hold,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/love%20hold.

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