Synonyms

rackets

British

/ ˈrækɪts /

noun

(functioning as singular)
1. a game similar to squash played in a large four-walled court by two or four players using rackets and a small hard ball
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a rackets court
  a rackets championship

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A dogged battle between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova from the late 1970s—wooden rackets and all—is almost unrecognizable next to today’s high-intensity pace and graphite tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Investigators say that scarcity has fuelled increasingly sophisticated paper-leak rackets, linking teachers, middlemen and exam-centre staff.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

After Chung and Klugo huddle, they line up on the court like two halves of the same body, moving in tandem as the balls ricochet off rackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

She’s remained on top as technology like foam injected composite rackets has lifted pickleball from Tupperware flurries to intense athletic slugfests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

Racks of clothes, shelves of books, shoes, tennis rackets.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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