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racquet

[rak-it]

noun

  1. (used with a singular verb),  racquets, a game played with rackets and a ball by two or four persons on a four-walled court.

  2. racket.



racquet

/ ˈrækɪt /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of racket 2

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of racquet1

Variant of racket 2
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Example Sentences

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Also this past summer, a social club for racquet sports announced that it would be taking over the defunct Macy’s building at The Bloc in Downtown L.A.

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Sinner saved all seven break points he faced with his immense serve, with one ace leaving his 28-year-old German opponent biting his racquet in frustration.

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The big-hitting Rybakina, sporting tape on her serving shoulder, served out the first set to love before breaking early in the second courtesy of a backhand error off her opponent's racquet.

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He reacted by smashing his racquet, repeatedly, against the court, earning himself a code violation.

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Borg first picked up a racquet after his father won one in a table tennis competition.

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