racket, racquet

racket, racquet
Racket has a basic meaning of "din," "uproar," and "clamor": "The traffic at this intersection makes a frightful racket." It is a slang term when applied to any business or job and trite when used to describe any dishonest or illegal practice (the latest get-rich-quick racket). Racquet, once the only word used to name a light bat employed in such games as tennis and badminton, is still so spelled in the game of squash racquets. Today, racket has superseded racquet to the extent that some modern dictionaries do not list acquêt as a main entry.

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  • racquet — See racket, racquet …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • racket — See racket, racquet …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • racket abuse — ˈracket abuse 7 [racket abuse] (also ˈracquet abuse) noun uncountable the offence in ↑tennis of throwing a ↑racket …   Useful english dictionary

  • racquet — Racket Rack et (r[a^]k [e^]t), n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raqueta, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Racket — may mean: * Racquet, a sports implement * Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crime * Racquets (sport), a ball game * Racket (film) (1997) * Racket: a 19th C. variation on the Waltz * a loud, unwanted sound (slang)ee also* Rackett …   Wikipedia

  • Racket — Rack et (r[a^]k [e^]t), n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raqueta, 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),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Racket court — Racket Rack et (r[a^]k [e^]t), n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raqueta, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • racquet abuse — ˈracquet abuse 7 [racquet abuse] ; = ↑racket abuse …   Useful english dictionary

  • racket — Ⅰ. racket [1] (also racquet) ► NOUN ▪ a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut or nylon, used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash. ORIGIN French raquette, from an Arabic word meaning palm of the hand . Ⅱ. racket [2] ► NO …   English terms dictionary

  • Racquet — Rac quet (r[a^]k k[e^]t), n. See {Racket}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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