squash rackets

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}]
    

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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