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

Barnaby's club had provided free balls and rackets to new members and charged just £2 per session, but the society had to stop offering social memberships due to "unprecedented demand".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

Olsen: The first thing I want to ask you is, do people actually smash their rackets that much in high-level tennis?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

We haggled over old sewing machines, one-eyed Barbie dolls, wooden tennis rackets, guitars with missing strings, and old Electrolux vacuum cleaners.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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