racket
English
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English raket. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). Possibly from Arabic رَاحَة اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”),[1] although this is doubtful.[2] Instead, the term is more likely to be derived from Dutch raketsen, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).[3]
Alternative forms
- (sporting implement): racquet
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
- (countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
- (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
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Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
- To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
- (Can we date this quote by Hewyt and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
- (Can we date this quote by Hewyt and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
See also
References
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary, Racket; https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=racket
- ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998) Tennis : A Cultural History, Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 5
- ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998) Tennis : A Cultural History, Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 123
Etymology 2
Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“rattle”).[1]
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
- A loud noise.
- Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.
- With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
- What's all this racket?
- A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
- They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.
- (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
- (dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
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Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
- (intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
- (intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.
References
- ^ “racket”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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Dutch
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Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rac‧ket
Noun
racket n (plural rackets, diminutive racketje n)
- racket (sports implement)
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French
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Noun
racket m (plural rackets)
Further reading
- “racket”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
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Noun
racket m (uncountable)
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Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket
Noun
racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketer, definite plural racketene)
References
- “racket” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
From Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket
Noun
racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketar, definite plural racketane)
References
- “racket” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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