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racket

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) racket (noun)
  2. 2) racket (noun)
  3. 3) racket (intransitive verb)

1rack·et

noun

Definition 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\

Illustration of RACKET

Origin of RACKET

Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
First Known Use: circa 1520

Rhymes with RACKET

bracket, jacket, packet, placket

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