: 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
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Noun
Along with the intensification of the violence has also come a shift in which armed groups today rely less on kidnappings and more on their extortion rackets.—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 May 2025 After 20 minutes on the clay courts of Madrid, Iga Świątek threw her racket down on to her bag in frustration.—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
After endorsing Head tennis rackets his entire career, Murray this spring started using a Yonex racket.—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for racket
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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