An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
A loud noise.
A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
To make a clattering noise.
A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.
A graphic element that changes its appearance when the cursor moves over it.
A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.
In the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week.
The reinvestment of funds in a new issue of the same or similar investment.
The process of incrementing, especially back to an initial value.
A keyboard feature where each key is scanned independently, so that multiple simultaneous keypresses always register correctly.
A fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan.
The sudden ignition of flammable gasses (produced by pyrolysis in an oxygen-poor environment) near the ceiling of a room or other enclosed space.