racket, racquet
(noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Source: WordNet® 3.1
racquet (plural racquets)
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis, or a shuttlecock in badminton.
• bat
• paddle
racquet (third-person singular simple present racquets, present participle racqueting, simple past and past participle racqueted)
To hit with a racquet.
To play a game that involves using a racquet.
To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
Source: Wiktionary
Rac"quet, n.
Definition: See Racket.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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