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racquet

[ rak-it ]

noun

  1. racquets, (used with a singular verb) a game played with rackets and a ball by two or four persons on a four-walled court.


racquet

/ ˈrækɪt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of racket 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of racquet1

Variant of racket 2
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Example Sentences

He tweaked his racquet size, the tennis equivalent of flailing in the water.

“What a capital fellow he is,” continued Montagu, leaning on his racquet and looking after him, as Russell left the court.

The difference is that instead of racquet and ball, battledore and shuttlecock are used.

He showed him the racquet-court, happily completed, and the chapel, unhappily still in need of funds.

Ten Eyck and Winifred offered Forbes a racquet in their tennis game, but he preferred to be alone with his loneliness.

Granton was harassing her with his short cut, which fell before her racquet reached it nearly every time.

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