racket

Definitions

1. 1.A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer.
2. 2.A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]
3. 3.A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.
4. 4.To strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt.
5. 5.confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
6. 6.A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
7. 7.To make a confused noise or racket.
8. 8.To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne.
9. 9.To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer called?
• What is a snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada] called?
• What is a broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets called?
• What is to strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt called?
• What is confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport called?
• What is a carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang] called?
• What is to engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne called?
• What is to carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang] called?