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rackets

rack·et
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rak-it]
    • /ˈræk ɪt/
    • /ˈræk.ɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rak-it]
    • /ˈræk ɪt/

Definitions of rackets word

  • noun rackets 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. 1
  • noun rackets the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis. 1
  • noun rackets rackets, (used with a singular verb) racquet (def 1). 1
  • noun rackets a snowshoe made in the form of a tennis racket. 1
  • verb without object rackets to make a racket or noise. 1
  • verb without object rackets to take part in social gaiety or dissipation. 1

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Origin of rackets

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; 1890-95 for def 6; metathetic variant of dial. rattick; see rattle1

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Parts of speech for Rackets

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rackets popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rackets usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rackets

noun rackets

  • black hand — a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century
  • cosa nostra — the branch of the Mafia that operates in the US
  • gangland — the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
  • artifices — Plural form of artifice.
  • ballyhoos — Plural form of ballyhoo.

adjective rackets

  • illegals — Multiple emigrants residing illegally in a country.

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