Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A game played on a large, netless, four-walled court by two or four players with long-handled rackets and a small, hard, fast-moving ball.
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- noun Plural form of
racquet . - noun a
game for two or fourplayers , played in anenclosed court with asmall hard fast -moving ball
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Examples
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James P. Conover, the St. Paul's master who also introduced ice hockey to the United States, had ordered rackets and balls from England for his new racquets courts (racquets is an older, faster, deadlier version of squash).
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James P. Conover, the St. Paul's master who also introduced ice hockey to the United States, had ordered rackets and balls from England for his new racquets courts (racquets is an older, faster, deadlier version of squash).
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They are unusual not just in shape or color but because the bird helps create the structure, stripping the barbs off the middle part of the feather to create the "racquets" at the end.
Wondrous Feathers 2007
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The team will sell chances to win items to be auctioned such as racquets, lessons, logo balls, etc. in an effort to raise money to benefit cancer research.
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"racquets" impressed it on my memory, for considering the class-room temporarily unsafe for "prep" work, I used that building as a convenient refuge for necessary study.
A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902
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Don't expect to buy graphene computers, batteries or tennis racquets anytime soon.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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If you took small flakes of graphene and mixed them into other materials, you could use those composites to build far stronger, lighter products - anything from airplanes to tennis racquets.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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Don't expect to buy graphene computers, batteries or tennis racquets anytime soon.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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If you took small flakes of graphene and mixed them into other materials, you could use those composites to build far stronger, lighter products - anything from airplanes to tennis racquets.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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Don't expect to buy graphene computers, batteries or tennis racquets anytime soon.
How and Why: Graphene seems valuable for computers, batteries and other uses Post 2010
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