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racket1
top: tennis and racquetball rackets
bottom: squash racket
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rack·et
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also
rac·quet
 (r k  t)
KEY
NOUN:
- A device consisting of an oval frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.
- A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English raket, a kind of handball, from Old French rachette, palm of the hand, racket, from Medieval Latin rascheta, palm, from Arabic r  at (al-yad), palm (of the hand), bound form of ra; see r in Semitic roots |
