: 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 (such as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2
usually racquets plural in form but singular in construction: a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court
Noun (2)
if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Know your racket size An adult tennis racket is usually 27 inches long.—Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024 Is Zendaya inspiring you to bring out your tennis racket?—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024 The taproom has a tennis theme — the tap handles are made from tennis rackets, for example — that goes beyond just decoration.—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024 Her doll will wear a white tennis dress and hold a racket.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for racket
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
: a light implement consisting of a handle attached to an open frame with a network of strings stretched across it that is used to hit the object in play (as a ball) in various games (as tennis, badminton, or racquetball)
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