RACQUET

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


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• bat

• paddle

Verb

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



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