racquet
pronunciation
How to pronounce racquet in British English:
UK [ˈrækɪt]
How to pronounce racquet in American English:
US [ˈrækɪt]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- racquet (n.)
- "handled hitting device used in tennis, etc.," c. 1500, probably originally "tennis-like game played with open hand" (late 14c.), from Middle French rachette, requette (Modern French raquette) "racket for hitting; palm of the hand," perhaps via Italian racchetta or Spanish raqueta, both often said to be from Arabic rahat, a form of raha "palm of the hand," but this has been doubted. Compare French jeu de paume "tennis," literally "play with the palm of the hand," and compare tennis).
Example
- 1. May I borrow your tennis racquet ?
- 2. Please give him your racquet .
- 3. Djokovic tosses his racquet away in disgust after losing a point .
- 4. If your one joy is playing squash don 't hang up your racquet .
- 5. The racquet head is just below the point of contact and her shoulders have rotated from perpendicular to the net to nearly parallel with it .