regular-duty

adjective

Describing a tennis ball having a thinner felt woven more tightly around the ball's core, designed for softer court surfaces such as clay.

“Coordinate term: extra-duty”

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adjectiveregular-duty (not comparable)

alternative regular duty

  1. not comparablehobbiesDescribing a tennis ball having a thinner felt woven more tightly around the ball's core, designed for softer court surfaces such as clay.

    Coordinate term: extra-duty

    1 more example

    The men at the U.S. Open use what is known as an “extra-duty” ball, which means the felt on the outside of the ball is woven slightly more loosely than the “regular-duty” ball the women use. […] However, the regular-duty balls “play faster,” Collins said through a spokeswoman for the company.

    2022 September 6, Matthew Futterman, “The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022”, in The New York Times
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APA

regular-duty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regular-duty

MLA

“regular-duty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regular-duty. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regular-duty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regular-duty.

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