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racketlike

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rack⋅et

2  [rak-it]
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–noun
1. a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
2. the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis.
3. rackets, (used with a singular verb) racquet (def. 1).
4. a snowshoe made in the form of a tennis racket.
Also, racquet (for defs. 1, 2, 4).

Origin:
1490–1500; < MF raquette, rachette, perh. < Ar rāḥet, var. of rāḥah palm of the hand

Related forms:
rack⋅et⋅like, adjective
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racket

  1. n.
    noise. : Cut out that racket! Shut up!
  2. n.
    a deception; a scam. : This is not a service station; it's a real racket!
  3. n.
    any job. : I've been in this racket for twenty years and never made any money.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

racket  (2)
"bat used in tennis, etc.," see racquet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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