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racket
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æk?t/
- Rhymes: -æk?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English raket. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). Possibly from Arabic ??????? ???????? (r??at al-yad, “palm of the hand”), although this is doubtful. Instead, the term is more likely to be derived from Dutch raketsen, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
- (countable, sports) 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 birdie in badminton.
- Synonyms: bat, paddle, racquet
- (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Alternative forms
- (sporting implement): racquet
Translations
Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
- To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
- 1658, John Hewytt, Nine Select Sermons
- Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.
- 1658, John Hewytt, Nine Select Sermons
Further reading
- racket (sports equipment) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- list of racket sports on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Attested since the 1500s, of unclear origin; possibly a metathesis of the dialectal term rattick (“rattle”).
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
- A loud noise.
- Synonyms: din, noise, ruckus
- A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 408]:
- In six decades he had spotted all the rackets, smelled all the rats, and he was tired of being the absolute and sick master and boss of the inner self.
- Synonyms: con, fraud, scam, swindle; see also Thesaurus:deception
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 408]:
- (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
- (dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Derived terms
- racketeer, racketeering, tricky racket
Translations
Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
- (intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
- (intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.
References
Anagrams
- Eckart, retack, tacker
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English racket.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rac?ket
Noun
racket n (plural rackets, diminutive racketje n)
- racket (sports implement)
Derived terms
- tennisracket
French
Etymology
From English racket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.k?t/
Noun
racket m (plural rackets)
- racketeering
- racket, extortion
Further reading
- “racket” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From English racket
Noun
racket m (invariable)
- racketeering
- racket, extortion
Derived terms
- antiracket
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- rekkert
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (r??a, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket
Noun
racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketer, definite plural racketene)
- (sports) a racket or racquet
- (table tennis) a bat, or paddle (US)
References
- “racket” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- rekkert
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (r??a, “palm of the hand”), via French raquette, and English racket
Noun
racket m (definite singular racketen, indefinite plural racketar, definite plural racketane)
- (sports) a racket or racquet
- (table tennis) a bat, or paddle (US)
References
- “racket” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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bedlam
English
Etymology
From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), since used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450.
Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (the Biblical town), from Ancient Greek ??????? (B?thleém) from Biblical Hebrew ????? ?????? (bê? le?em, literally “house of bread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?dl?m/
Noun
bedlam (plural bedlams)
- A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
- (obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
- ca. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, sc. 7:
- Let's follow the old Earl, and get the Bedlam
- To lead him where he would; his roguish madness
- Allows itself to anything.
- 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, Christian overtakes Faithful:
- The pilgrims were clothed with such kind of raiment as was diverse from the raiment of any that traded in that fair. The people, therefore, of the fair, made a great gazing upon them: some said they were fools, some they were bedlams, and some they are outlandish men.
- ca. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III, sc. 7:
- (obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
- 1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIV:lxxxiv:
- Shut up the world at large, let Bedlam out;
- And you will be perhaps surprised to find
- All things pursue exactly the same route,
- As now with those of soi-disant sound mind.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol":
- “There’s another fellow,” muttered Scrooge; who overheard him: “my clerk, with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas. I’ll retire to Bedlam.”
- ca. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, Letter II:
- ... only the holy can stand the joys of that bedlam.
- 1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIV:lxxxiv:
Descendants
- ? Russian: ??????? (bedlám)
Translations
Further reading
- Bethlem Royal Hospital on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bedlam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ambled, balmed, beldam, blamed, lambed
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