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It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
Samantha Stosur

Meaning of "racquet" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RACQUET

racquet  [ˈrækɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RACQUET

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Racquet is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RACQUET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Racket (sports equipment)

A racket or racquet is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched tightly. It is used for striking a ball in games such as squash, tennis, racquetball, and badminton. Collectively, these games are known as racquet sports.This predecessor to the modern game of squash, rackets, is played with 30 1⁄2 inches wooden rackets. While squash equipment has evolved in the intervening century, rackets equipment has changed little. The frame of rackets for all sports was traditionally made of laminated wood and the strings of animal intestine known as catgut. The traditional racket size was limited by the strength and weight of the wooden frame which had to be strong enough to hold the strings and stiff enough to hit the ball or shuttle. Manufacturers started adding non-wood laminates to wood rackets to improve stiffness. Non-wood rackets were made first of steel, then of aluminium, and then carbon fiber composites. Wood is still used for real tennis, rackets, and xare. Most rackets are now made of composite materials including carbon fibre or fiberglass, metals such as titanium alloys, or ceramics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RACQUET


backet
ˈbækɪt
Blackett
ˈblækɪt
bracket
ˈbrækɪt
cracket
ˈkrækɪt
jacket
ˈdʒækɪt
leatherjacket
ˈlɛðəˌdʒækɪt
nacket
ˈnækɪt
packet
ˈpækɪt
placket
ˈplækɪt
racket
ˈrækɪt
rackett
ˈrækɪt
straightjacket
ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt
straitjacket
ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RACQUET

racketer
racketry
rackets
rackett
rackety
rackful
Rackham
racking
rackingly
rackle
rackwork
raclette
racloir
racon
raconteur
raconteuse
racoon
RACQ
racquetball
racy

WORDS THAT END LIKE RACQUET

banquet
blanquet
bosquet
bouquet
briquet
coquet
croquet
Foucquet
Fouquet
non liquet
parquet
picquet
piquet
rocquet
roquet
sobriquet
soubriquet
state banquet
tourniquet
wedding banquet

Synonyms and antonyms of racquet in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «racquet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RACQUET

Find out the translation of racquet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of racquet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «racquet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

球拍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raqueta
570 millions of speakers

English

racquet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रैकेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ракетка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raquete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেনিস্ খেলের ব্যাট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

raquette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Raket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schläger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラケット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라켓
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Racquet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giày đi tuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராக்கெட்டைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅकेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

raket
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

racchetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rakieta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ракетка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

racheta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρακέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raket
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

racket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

racquet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of racquet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RACQUET»

The term «racquet» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RACQUET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about racquet

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4 QUOTES WITH «RACQUET»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word racquet.
1
Jimmy Connors
It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.
2
Guy Forget
If you lived the doubles, as I did, which was very stressful, you are sitting down in a chair experiencing a match without being able to hold a racquet in your hands.
3
Saina Nehwal
When I was a kid, my parents would play badminton, but I hardly joined them. I'd just pick up their racquets and fiddle around. Check out how the racquet was made... toss it around to see how light it was! At the time, I didn't even know I'd play badminton.
4
Samantha Stosur
It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACQUET»

Discover the use of racquet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to racquet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Enjoying racquet sports
Describes the rules, skills, and strategies of tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball, paddle tennis, table tennis, platform tennis, and paddleball
Diagram Group, 1978
2
The complete racquet sports player
A comprehensive instructional guide to all the racquet sports--tennis, racquetball, badminton, squash--underscores the similarity of the games and offers advice on making the transition from one sport to the other
Herbert S. Fitz Gibbon, Jeffrey Bairstow, 1979
3
Serious Tennis
Weight The weight of a racquet is measured in grams in Europe and ounces in the United States. A light racquet weighs 320 grams (11.28 ounces) or less; a heavy racquet weighs about 350 grams (12.35 ounces). A heavier frame tends to  ...
Scott Williams, Randy Petersen, 2000
4
New York Magazine
The New Tennis Technology WHEN LENNART BERGELIN, ONETIME DA- vis Cup champion and Bjorn Borg's former coach, first saw the new racquet, he was not exactly impressed: It had a mass of string wound around its six-sided head.
5
Efficiency Racquet Sports
Offers advice on equipment, training methods, nutrition, and motivation, demonstrates the correct form for playing tennis, racquetball, and squash, and tells how to avoid injuries
Gene R. Hagerman, 1987
6
The Racquet Game
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Allison Danzig, 2011
7
Sports Injuries: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
For most racquet games players, appropriate flexibility exercises for the leg muscles and Achilles tendon, coupled with an adequate warm-up routine, could reduce the number of injuries quite considerably. It is quite remarkable how many  ...
Stephen R. Bird, Neil Black, Philip Newton, 1997
8
Stretching for Racquet Sports
Christopher M. Norris. STRETGHING'. FOR. RACQUET. SPORTS. Christopher M Norris STRETCHING FOR RACQUET SPORTS Christopher M. Norris CONTENTS 1 Introduction. Front Cover.
Christopher M. Norris, 2013
9
Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook
None of this means that a specific racquet is bad; it only means that it may be different. You are trying to remove all variables to make your tennis game sounder. This is no exception. If you are buying several new racquets of the same model, ...
Nick Bollettieri, 2001
10
Murder Is My Racquet: Fourteen Original Tales of Love, ...
Fourteen Original Tales of Love, Death, and Tennis by Today's Great Writers Otto Penzler. “Mum,” Alicia said. “Let's read a book.” Trevor walked Kiley down the path toward his hired car, stood with one hand resting on the roof. The sun wasjust ...
Otto Penzler, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RACQUET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term racquet is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rod Laver urges Nick Kyrgios to let his racquet do the talking
'They would like to see him stop doing that and just let his racquet do the talking and win matches.' Laver, who was in the Royal Box for Friday's semi-finals at ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Rafael Nadal to switch back to his old racquet ahead of French Open
Rafael Nadal will switch back to his old racquet for the rest of the season in a bid to regain his best form ahead of the French Open. Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam ... «SkySports, May 15»
3
MS Dhoni's tennis racquet formula to handle Australian pacers in …
Sydney, March 23: MS Dhoni today swapped his cricket bat with a tennis racquet for a unique training method ahead of their ICC World Cup 2015 semi-final ... «Oneindia, Mar 15»
4
Roof fire causes evacuation of former Southport Racquet Club
An additional phone call from the manager of the Gym at Southport Athletic, formerly known as Southport Racquet Club, alerted the fire department that the fire ... «FOX CT, Mar 15»
5
Andrea Petkovic THROWS her racquet at linesman during epic …
Still fuming, Petkovic went on to lose the set on the next point, prompting her to throw her racquet in anger towards the bench, narrowly missing the linesman. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
6
Rafael Nadal's racquet has a power button
Sensors embedded in the handle of the racquet, made by Babolat, record technical data on every ball struck. At the end of a match or training session the data ... «NEWS.com.au, Jan 15»
7
Tennis racquet technology comes with strings attached
When Jimmy Connors blasted his way to victory at Wimbledon in 1974 the metal racquet had truly arrived. (Billie Jean King had won the 1967 US Open using a ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
8
Tennis racquet, Ford Falcon could solve Gold Coast murder
A bloodied, broken tennis racquet and a black Ford Falcon could hold the key to solving the murder of a Gold Coast man. Mark Spencer, 37, was beaten to death ... «Brisbane Times, Nov 14»
9
Player hits lineswoman with racquet
World No.310 player Darian King has been defaulted from a Challenger tournament in Virginia for hitting a lineswoman by throwing his racquet. The disgusting ... «Fox Sports, Oct 14»
10
Racquet stolen from Gabriela Sabatini statue
Thieves have stolen a tennis racquet that was in the hands of a newly unveiled statue of Argentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini in Buenos Aires. The artwork ... «BBC News, Oct 14»

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