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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 Rackets from wikipedia
- Squash,
sometimes called squash rackets, is a
racket sport pla**** by two (singles) or four
players (doubles) in a four-walled
court with a small, hollow...
-
clandestine nature of the
black market, most
proceeds made from
criminal rackets often go untaxed. On
October 15, 1970, the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt...
- to play tennis, badminton, squash,
racquetball and
other racket sports Rackets (sport), a
particular sports discipline related to
squash pla**** indoors...
- racquetball. Some
rackets have a
rigid one-piece head with a
solid or
fenestrated face
instead of a
meshwork of strings. Such
rackets are
called a paddle...
- each
payer can pay the fee on a
regular basis and on time.
Protections rackets can vary in
terms of
their levels of
sophistication or organization; it...
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Rackets or
racquets is an
indoor racket sport pla**** in the
United Kingdom,
United States, and Canada. It is
infrequently called "hard
rackets" to distinguish...
- At the 1908
Summer Olympics, two
rackets events were contested. Only
British players parti****ted in the competitions. A
total of
seven players from only...
- the
rackets. The
rackets must not
provide any kind of communication,
instruction or
advice to the
player during the match. The
rules regarding rackets have...
- The
Tennis and
Rackets ****ociation is the
governing body for the
sports of real
tennis and (hard)
rackets in the
United Kingdom. Its
first meeting was...
-
Charles Williams (1888–1935) was an
English rackets world champion.
Williams became a
professional rackets player and the
school coach at a
young age,...
