racket
rackets; racketing; racketed
If you're carrying a racket and wearing a sporty visor, people will guess that you're on your way to play tennis. A racket has a handle and a rounded frame laced with strings, and it's used to hit a ball.
A racket is used to play tennis, badminton, or squash, and it can also be spelled racquet. Another definition of racket is an unpleasantly loud noise; if your neighbors were playing horrible, loud music, you could yell out the window, "Stop that racket!" Informally, the word racket also means "illegal scheme," especially for making money. The French word requette means "palm of the hand," and racquet originally referred to a tennis-like game played by hitting a ball with the hand.
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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 games
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racquet
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badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore
a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
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crosse
a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse
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bat, squash racket, squash racquet
a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
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tennis racket, tennis racquet
a racket used to play tennis
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sports implement
an implement used in a sport
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hit (a ball) with a racket
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hit
cause to move by striking
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hit
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a loud and disturbing noise
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noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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noise
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the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
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dissonance, noise
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auditory sensation, sound
the subjective sensation of hearing something
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auditory sensation, sound
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make loud and annoying noises
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make noise, noise, resound
emit a noise
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make noise, noise, resound
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celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
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jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, revel, wassail, whoop it up
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an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
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fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
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endeavor, endeavour, enterprise
a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
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endeavor, endeavour, enterprise
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