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Racket
Racket Rack"et, n.
A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place
considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also,
such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a
racket; to stand upon the racket. [Slang]
RacketRacket Rack"et, n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It.
racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a
net (cf. Reticule); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar.
r[=a]ha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the
ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written
also racquet.]
1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,
forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network
of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a
handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in
tennis and similar games.
Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a
crosier, and ending in a racket. --Bancroft.
2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar
long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer.
3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and
narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]
4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable
him to step on marshy or soft ground.
Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets. Racket
Racket Rack"et, v. t.
To strike with, or as with, a racket.
Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
--Hewyt.
Racket
Racket Rack"et, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]
1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
RacketRacket Rack"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Racketing.]
1. To make a confused noise or racket.
2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne.
3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
Meaning of Racket from wikipedia
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Racket may
refer to:
Racket (crime), a
systematised element of
organized crime Protection racket, a scheme...
- extortionary, or
otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or
operation (a "
racket") to
repeatedly or
consistently collect a profit. The term "racketeering"...
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Racket sports (or
racquet sports) are
games in
which players use a
racket or
paddle to hit a ball or
other object.
Rackets consist of a
handled frame...
- A
protection racket is a type of
racket and a
scheme of
organized crime perpetrated by a
potentially hazardous organized crime group that
generally guarantees...
-
Racket is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm
programming language. The
Racket language is a
modern dialect of Lisp and a
descendant of Scheme. It is designed...
- War Is a
Racket is a
speech and a 1935
short book by
Smedley D. Butler, a
retired United States Marine Corps major general and two-time
Medal of Honor...
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Table tennis (also
known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a
racket sport derived from
tennis but
distinguished by its
playing surface being atop a stationary...
- A
racket or
racquet is an item of
sporting equipment used to
strike a ball or shuttle**** in a
variety of sports. A
racket consists of
three major components:...
- What a
Racket!, also
known as Mr. Joe
Jackson Presents Max
Champion in 'What a
Racket!', is the 21st
studio album by
English singer-songwriter and musician...
- The
Racket may
refer to: The
Racket (play), a 1927
Broadway crime play by
Bartlett Cormack The
Racket (1928 film), an
American adaptation of the play...
