Word Meanings - RACKET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net ; or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, 1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,

Additional info about word: RACKET

is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net ; or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, 1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. Each one has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Bancroft. 2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer. 3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. 4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RACKET)

• Din
• Racket
• clamor
• rattle
• resononce
• clangor
• reverberation

Related words: (words related to RACKET)

• RATTLESNAKE
  Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common
• REVERBERATION
  The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reëchoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame
• CLAMOROUS
  Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness,
• RACKETY
  Making a tumultuous noise.
• RATTLETRAP
  Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. A. Trollope.
• RATTLE
  1. To cause to make a ratting or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another , and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. Shak. 3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse;
• RATTLEWINGS
  The golden-eye.
• CLANGOR
  A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.
• RATTLEWEED
  Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
• RACKET-TAIL
  Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket- shaped.
• RATTLE-HEADED
  Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
• RATTLEBOX
  1. A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle. An American herb , the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod. Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods.
• RACKETT
  An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
• RATTLEWORT
  See RATTLEBOX
• RATTLEMOUSE
  A bat. Puttenham.
• RACKET-TAILED
  Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
• CLANGOROUS
  Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
• RATTLE-BRAINED
  Giddy; rattle-headed.
• RATTLEPATE
  A rattlehead. C. Kingsley.
• CLAMORER
  One who clamors.
• PRATTLE
  To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk. (more info) Etym:
• BERATTLE
  To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. Shak.
• RACKET
  is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net ; or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, 1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,
• BRACKETING
  A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.