n.
Variant: or rac · quet
Pronunciation: ' ra-k ə t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist
Date: circa 1520
1 : a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as tennis, racquets, or badminton)
2 usually racquets plural but singular in construction : a game for two or four players with ball and racket on a 4-walled court
1 racket 1: A tennis, B racquetball, C badminton