racket
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- noun
- /ˈrækɪt/
:
raqueta
- Hey, where’s that racket I bought you?
- tennis racket
- balls and rackets
- bottom of the racket
And a blow up costume and a pickleball racket will certainly help do that.
- And a blow up costume and a pickleball racket will certainly help do that.
- Kate got mad, stood up, slammed a racket on the ground, ran out of the building.
- Well on Mars, I know it will be mutant badminton where your little mutant like Quatto is the only one actually allowed to hold the racket.
- When I opened the gift, what was inside was a wooden press to keep a tennis racket from warping.
- Well, he panicked when I took the instead of pulling out a tennis racket, I've took out a, a sauna shotgun.
- I remember this big Academy Sergeant major RSM shouting in Welsh across the parade square, you know, could eat an apple for a tennis racket with those teeth.
- It's used used in tennis rackets, baseball, softball bats, golf clubs.
Examples
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Here you have everything from the shuttlecocks, the rackets, and the net itself.
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With a holler, Doug tossed his racket into the air.
Fiction book (2002) -
Just hold the racket like I showed you.
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Can I get you a tennis racket?
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It's far easier to follow a tennis ball off a racket than a baseball off a bat.
Academic text (2007) -
We're going to need rackets and fresh balls.
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You gotta choke up on that racket.
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None of the students reported any experience using the plastic tennis rackets prior to the study.
Academic text (1990) -
Ironically, I haven't picked up a racket in years.
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She picked up her racket and prepared to serve the tennis ball.
Synonyms
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1.4
A light oval frame with strings that you use to hit a tennis ball
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2.6
A light, long-handled frame with strings used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
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3.4
A light piece of sports equipment with a long handle and a small oval head used to play squash
A light frame with a long handle and small head used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
A light wooden racket with a long handle used to hit a shuttlecock
Idioms
Compounds
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2.6
A light, long-handled frame with strings used to hit the shuttlecock in badminton
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3.4
A light piece of sports equipment with a long handle and a small oval head used to play squash
Surface Forms
Etymology
Racket for the sports tool comes from the French word raquette (also spelled racquet), the name for the flat frame once used to hit a ball, so a racket is the bat you use in tennis or badminton.