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

If we do a tour of Alabama, I’ll carry your rackets for you.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

As it played, the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus started a Mexican Wave while brandishing football rattles and tennis rackets.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

He parks in front of his father’s building, remaining long enough in the car to see an elderly, sprightly couple emerge with tennis rackets.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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