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