RACQUET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does racquet mean? 

• RACQUET (noun)
  The noun RACQUET has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RACQUET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACQUET (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

racket; racquet

Hypernyms ("racquet" is a kind of...):

sports implement (an implement used in a sport)

Meronyms (parts of "racquet"):

face (the striking or working surface of an implement)

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "racquet"):

badminton racket; badminton racquet; battledore (a light long-handled racket used by badminton players)

crosse (a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse)

bat; squash racket; squash racquet (a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash)

tennis racket; tennis racquet (a racket used to play tennis)

 Context examples 

Already, as I looked at him, it seemed to me that there was a shadow of tragedy upon his face, a forecast of the day then but a few months distant when a blow from a racquet ball darkened the sight of one eye for ever.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)