: a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (such as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2
usually racquets plural in form but singular in construction: a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court
Noun (2)
if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Alcaraz apologized for smashing his racket in an Instagram post Saturday.—Issy Ronald, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024 Video combines clips from three separate Red Sox games
When a heckler suggested Aug. 11 that Duran bat with a tennis racket, the All-Star Game MVP responded by calling the heckler a homophobic slur, and the utterance was picked up by a field microphone.—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 But Florencia — named after the east-west thoroughfare that runs through the heart of South L.A. — did the opposite, law enforcement officials say, absorbing smaller gangs and expanding its extortion and drug-dealing rackets.—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024 In tennis, the AI system will show the players' reactions to serve, looking at how quickly it is returned, racket position, and accuracy.—Laura McCreddie-Doak, WIRED, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for racket
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
: a light implement consisting of a handle attached to an open frame with a network of strings stretched across it that is used to hit the object in play (as a ball) in various games (as tennis, badminton, or racquetball)
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