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racket

Main Entry:: ¹rack·et
Variant(s):: or rac·quet \ˈra-kət\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
Date:: circa 1520

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)2usually racquets plural but sing in constr : a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court

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