The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
rackets
plural of racket
rackets (uncountable)
The game of racquets.
• restack, retacks, stacker, tackers
Source: Wiktionary
Rack"et, n. Etym: [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It. racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net (cf. Reticule); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written also racquet.]
1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Bancroft.
2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer.
3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]
4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.
Rack"et, v. t.
Definition: To strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt.
Rack"et, n. Etym: [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]
1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
Rack"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Racketing.]
1. To make a confused noise or racket.
2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne.
3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 June 2025
(noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups; “on good terms with her in-laws”; “on a friendly footing”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.