racket
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A sports implement used to strike a ball in different games.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rakitSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹækɪt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
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
countablesports
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 shuttlecock in badminton.
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
A loud and disturbing noise
canada
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
verb
intransitive
To make a clattering noise.
Hit (a ball) with a racket
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
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This meaning: 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
Used this way, racket is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Sports
- News/reporting
- Everyday conversation
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Sense: 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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