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“Racket” or “Rackett” or “Racquet”

racket / rackett / racquet are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

racket r·AE·k·ih·t

  • nouna loud and disturbing noise.
  • nounan illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
  • nouna 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.
  • verbmake loud and annoying noises.
  • verbhit (a ball) with a racket.

rackett

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

racquet r·AE·k·ih·t

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“racket”

  • "Hammett Takes on the Writing Racket."
  • …Law, Violent Rome, The Big Racket, Mannaja, The Mountain of the…
  • …from the American television series Racket Squad.
  • The Big Racket (1976)
  • …McErlane, operated an illegal bootlegging racket in the Back of the…
  • Yonex – Official Racket of the Asian Tennis Federation
  • Operation Diamond Racket (1978)
  • Harlem numbers racket
  • Racket
  • The Bad Racket - 3:45

“rackett”

No example sentences found for this spelling.

“racquet”

  • …and Sleepy Hollow Bath & Racquet Club.
  • Ping-pong paddle, the "racquet" in table tennis
  • …with the Prince O3 Tour racquet.
  • …a 100 square inch tennis racquet with 22 mm dual taper…
  • …but he had played other racquet sports.

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