- Bat used in tennis - Clamour - Loud noise - Mafia scheme - Noisy disturbance - Ongoing dishonesty - A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together,
forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or
cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for
catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
- A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal
or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly
called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern. - Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.