: 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)
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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
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Noun
The latest demands from Washington to its allies read like a protection racket rather than diplomacy between friends.—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025 In particular, new tariffs in the U.S. are expected to hike its ball, racket and baseball bat prices.—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
After endorsing Head tennis rackets his entire career, Murray this spring started using a Yonex racket.—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for racket
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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