Толковый словарь английского языка - racket
Racket
racket
I. noun or racquet Etymology: Middle French raquette, ultimately from Medieval Latin rasceta wrist, carpus, modification of Arabic rusgh wrist Date: circa 1520 a lightweight implement that consists of a netting (as of nylon) stretched in a usually oval open frame with a handle attached and that is used for striking the ball or shuttlecock in various games (as tennis, racquets, or badminton), a game for two or four players with ball and ~ on a 4-walled court, II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1565 confused clattering noise ; clamor , 2. social whirl or excitement, the strain of exciting or trying experiences, 3. a fraudulent scheme, enterprise, or activity, a usually illegitimate enterprise made workable by bribery or intimidation, an easy and lucrative means of livelihood, occupation , business , III. intransitive verb Date: 1609 to engage in active social life, to move with or make a ~
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1. n. (also racquet) 1 a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used in tennis, squash, etc. 2 (in pl.) a ball game for two or four persons played with rackets in a plain four-walled court. 3 a snow shoe resembling a racket. Phrases and idioms racket-ball a small hard orig. kid-covered ball of cork and string. racket-press a press for keeping rackets taut and in shape. racket-tail a S. American humming-bird, Loddigesia mirabilis, with a racket-shaped tail. Etymology: F racquette f. It. racchetta f. Arab. raha palm of the hand 2. n. 1 a a disturbance; an uproar; a din. b social excitement; gaiety. 2 sl. a a scheme for obtaining money or attaining other ends by fraudulent and often violent means. b a dodge; a sly game. 3 colloq. an activity; a way of life; a line of business (starting up a new racket). Derivatives rackety adj. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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