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A general-purpose, multiparadigm programming language descended from Scheme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computer-languages, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: bat, paddle, racquet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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noun
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A loud noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: din, noise, ruckus, row
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noun
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: deception, imposition, hype, deceit, dupery, fiddle, fetch, hocus-pocus, jugglery, legerdemain, list, mislead, prestidigitation, Punic faith, rinky-dink, ruse, sleight of hand, subterfuge, swack, trickery
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noun
Any industry or enterprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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noun
Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
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verb
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To make a clattering noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To be dissipated; to carouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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noun
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
noun
a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: racquet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sports implement
Narrower terms: badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore, crosse, squash racket, squash racquet, bat, tennis racket, tennis racquet
noun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: noise, dissonance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, auditory sensation
noun
a loud and disturbing noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: noise
verb
hit (a ball) with a racket
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hit
verb
make loud and annoying noises
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: make noise, resound, noise
verb
celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: revel, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: celebrate, fete
Narrower terms: carouse, roister, riot
History
From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).
Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“to shake, rattle”).
Across languages
148 source translations are retained for this English entry.
