See Also: racket(dictionary)
racket(4)(dictionary)
racket(3)(dictionary)
racket(2)(dictionary)
racket(1)(dictionary)
Racket(money)
racket(medicine)
racket-talled(medicine)
racket-tall(medicine)
racket nail(medicine)

racket-ball (iou) and DBE (oh)


racket-ball (iou)



racket-ball noun. Also (the usual form in sense 2) racquetball. M17.
[from RACKET noun1 + BALL noun1.]
A small hard (orig. kid-covered) ball of cork and string; a game of rackets played with this. M17.
spec. A game played with a small hard ball and a short-handled racket in a four-walled handball court. Orig. & chiefly N. Amer. L20.

DBE (oh)



n
Dame Commander of the (Order of the) British Empire a title given in Britain to a woman as an honour because she has done something of national importance. A woman who has a DBE can use the title Dame instead of Mrs, Miss, or Ms.
::She was awarded a DBE in 1992.