| NOUN | act | squash racquets, squash, squash rackets | a game / game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets |
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| Meaning | A game / game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. | |
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| Synonyms | squash, squash rackets | |
| Category of | cut, undercut | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball |
| drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) | |
| fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | |
| forehand, forehand stroke, forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) | |
| forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) | |
| rally, exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes | |
| serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play | |
| Broader | court game | An athletic game played on a court |
| Spanish | squash | |
| Catalan | esquaix | |
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