rackets
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Definitions
noun
- 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.
noun
- A loud noise.“Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.”
- A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.“They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.”
- A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
- Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
noun
- The game of racquets.
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