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)

opera (oh) and racket(1) (iou)


opera (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: Latin, 'works', plural of opus; OPUS]
[C] a musical play in which all of the words are sung
-see also operetta operetta
::We go to the opera (=go to a performance of opera) regularly.
::an opera singer
[U] these plays considered as a form of Art
-- operatic /7CpE5rAtIk ?@ 7B:-/ adj
::operatic performances
-- operatically /-kli/ adv
-see also grand opera , soap opera

racket(1) (iou)



racket verb1 trans.E17-M19.
[from RACKET noun1.]
Strike (as) with a racket; toss or bandy about.