racket
1rack·et
nounDefinition of RACKET
1
: 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 (as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2
usually racquets plural but sing in constr : a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court
Variants of RACKET
rack·et or rac·quet \ˈra-kət\
Origin of RACKET
Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
First Known Use: circa 1520
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