'squash rackets' definitions:

Definition of 'squash rackets'

(from WordNet)
noun
A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets [syn: squash, squash racquets, squash rackets]

Definition of 'squash rackets'

From: GCIDE
  • Squash \Squash\, n.
  • 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. [1913 Webster]
  • Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets; -- called also squash rackets. [PJC]

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