Meaning

3 senses

  1. To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

    hit (a ball) with a racket

  2. (intransitive)To make a clattering noise.

    make loud and annoying noises

  3. (dated, intransitive)To be dissipated; to carouse.

Examples

140 sentences

  1. Which of these rackets is yours?

    Яка з цих ракеток твоя? — deniko

    ruКакая из этих ракеток Ваша? — marafon

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  2. Can I borrow your tennis racket today?

    Можна позичити твою тенісну ракетку сьогодні? — uaspeaker

    ruМожно одолжить твою теннисную ракетку сегодня? — Gruzilkin

    deKann ich heute deinen Tennisschläger ausleihen? — MUIRIEL

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  3. I bought this racket at a 20 percent discount.

    Я купив цю ракетку із двадцяти відсотковою знижкою. — deniko

    ruЯ купил эту ракетку с двадцатипроцентной скидкой. — marafon

    deIch kaufte diesen Schläger mit zwanzig Prozent Rabatt. — Zaghawa

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  4. Choose your favorite racket.

    Вибери улюблену ракетку. — deniko

    ruВыбери ракетку, которая больше всего тебе нравится. — Ivanovb

    deSuch dir deinen Lieblingsschläger aus. — Kuraimegami

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  5. He has a racket.

    У нього є ракетка. — deniko

    ruУ него есть ракетка. — odexed

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Origin

From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Attested since the 1500s, of unclear orig

From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin.

Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“to shake, rattle”).

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Forms

rackets, racketing, racketed, racketed
Base formracket · to racket
3rd person singularrackets
Present participleracketing
Past simpleracketed
Past participleracketed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyracket
he, she, itrackets

Past simpleLesson

all personsracketed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave racketed
he, she, ithas racketed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill racket

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • tennis racket
  • this tennis racket
  • a tennis racket
  • my tennis racket
  • racket on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
racistB2rackB2racketeerracquetracy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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