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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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

Tennis players pull out fresh rackets during matches.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

The charges unsealed this week show little has changed in the operations of the jail rackets since Torres first implemented them while awaiting trial 20 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The sport involves no clubs, rackets, goals — and not even a ball.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

He also gave me three Donnay tennis rackets.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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