racket
/ˈɹækɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
- A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
- To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
- A loud noise.
- A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
- A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
- Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
- To make a clattering noise.
- To be dissipated; to carouse.
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