racquet

Verb

racquet (third-person singular simple present racquets, present participle racqueting, simple past and past participle racqueted)

1. To hit with a racquet.
   • You two might indeed have racqueted the ball betwixt you, as you say.1820, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
   • Potter drove up along the wire fence of the yard, and there on the tennis court, a kid racqueted a ball against a brick wall behind the courts.1975, Norman Keifetz, The Sensation, page 21
2. To play a game that involves using a racquet.
   • When he isn't racqueting, Brad claims he puts in the time with Alfred Dunhill of London.1948, Princeton Alumni Weekly - Volume 49, page 91
   • ...played no games as a boy, but since he did me that good turn I have racqueted about happily.1962, Leonard Rusell, Encore - Volumes 7-9, page 132
3. To dart about in a manner reminiscent of a ball hit by a racquet.
   • Flashlights in hand, they made their way down the slope and racqueted out upon the lake.1938, William Byron Mowery, Guns in the Valley, page 96
   • Fancy his disgust when (having given up all hopes of watching the full moon, he had just fallen asleep) he was awakened by the noise of that rat once more racqueting about all over the room.2015, A.D. Padgett, Mrs. Arthur H.D. Acland, Fantastically Queer Beasts and Magics, →ISBN, page 33
4. To exchange back and forth, similar to the way a tennis ball volleys back and forth.
   • Many of his choicest years of life were employ'd in wrangling, and receiving and racquetting back reproach, accusation and sarcasm.2011, Robert Graves, Wife to Mr Milton, →ISBN
   • More astounding still is the volume of trading, as a manic afternoon sees Netscape shares change hands 13.88 million times; an average of almost two and a half times each, with some racqueted back and forth like tennis balls . . . a curious pattern which will become familiar to dotcom...2012, Andrew Smith, Totally Wired: The Wild Rise and Crazy Fall of the First Dotcom Dream, →ISBN