racquets

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
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
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
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