Definition of Davis cup

1. Noun. Cup awarded for the annual international team tennis competition.

Generic synonyms: Cup, Loving Cup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Davis Cup

Davids
Davidson
Davidson's penstemon
Davidson syringe
Davie
Daviel's operation
Daviel's spoon
Davies
Davies' disease
Daviesia
Davina
Davion
Davis
Davis' Birthday
Davis-Crowe mouth gag
Davis Cup
Davis grafts
Davis interlocking sound
Davis shutter
Davison
Davitt
Davo
Davy
Davy's gray
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett cap
Davy Crockett caps
Davy Crockett hat
Davy Crockett hats
Davy Jones

Literary usage of Davis cup

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington, Lothrop Withington (1914)
"Why and for what reason it has grown so rapidly since is impossible to say, but one of the great factors was the davis cup, presented to the ..."

2. Modern Tennis by P. A. Vaile (1917)
"Yet the United States of America have recently lost the davis cup, ... Briefly, it may be said that America lost the davis cup through lack of form, ..."

3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"Je 13 British defeat French in preliminary for davis cup match. ... Jl 27 Davis cup maten, preliminary round. Australasia defeats Germany с matches to ..."

4. The Complete Lawn Tennis Player by Arthur Wallis Myers (1908)
"CHAPTER XVI THE STORY OF THE davis cup (1900-1903) The symbol of international supremacy—Why the first British team failed—Roper Barrett gives his ..."

5. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1906)
"The final summary of this series was: England beat America by 5 matches to 0, 15 sots to 8, 131 games to 101, thus retaining the davis cup for another year. ..."

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