racqueted
racqueted is the simple past and past participle of racquet.
Meaning of racquet
Verb
racquet (third-person singular simple present racquets, present participle racqueting, simple past and past participle racqueted)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Adjective
racqueted (not comparable)
- Having a spatulate endpart beyond the main tail section.
- Sometimes one finds oneself in the domain of the Motmots, which look at you from their thickets, swinging their curious racqueted tails from right to left after the manner of a clock's pendulum, and uttering bubbling notes...1922, The Avicultural Magazine, page 163
- All 3 African birds in this group have long outer tail feathers, racqueted in C. spatulata.2010, Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Lack, A Dictionary of Birds, →ISBN, page 516
Questions about racqueted
- What does racqueted mean?
- Racqueted means having a spatulate endpart beyond the main tail section.
- What is racqueted the simple past and past participle of?
- Racqueted is the simple past and past participle of racquet.
- What part of speech is racqueted?
- Racqueted is an adjective.
Words near racqueted in the dictionary
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