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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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blare
English
Etymology
From Middle English bleren, from Middle Dutch bleren (“to bleat, cry, bawl, shout”) (Dutch blèren). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bleat, cry”). Compare Dutch blaren.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bl??(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Homophones: blair, Blair
Noun
blare (countable and uncountable, plural blares)
- A loud sound.
- I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio.
- Dazzling, often garish, brilliance.
Translations
Verb
blare (third-person singular simple present blares, present participle blaring, simple past and past participle blared)
- (intransitive) To make a loud sound.
- The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache.
- (transitive) To cause to sound like the blare of a trumpet; to proclaim loudly.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine
- to blare its own interpretation
- 2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook (page 159)
- Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine
Translations
Anagrams
- Alber, Baler, Laber, Rabel, abler, baler, belar, blear
Afrikaans
Noun
blare
- plural of blaar
Dalmatian
Verb
blare
- Alternative form of vular
Dutch
Verb
blare
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of blaren
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