racket
Definitions of racket
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an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profitsynonyms: sneeuwschoen
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a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various gamessynonyms: sneeuwschoentypes:slaghouta small racket with a long handle used for playing squashtennisracketa racket used to play tennistype of:sportartikelan implement used in a sport
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