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RACKET
racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
(noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
racket, racquet
(noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
noise, dissonance, racket
(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; “modern music is just noise to me”
racket
(noun) a loud and disturbing noise
racket
(verb) hit (a ball) with a racket
racket
(verb) make loud and annoying noises
revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; “The members of the wedding party made merry all night”; “Let’s whoop it up--the boss is gone!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
(countable) A racquet: 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.
(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
Synonyms
• (implement): bat, paddle, racquet
Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
Etymology 2
Noun
racket (plural rackets)
A loud noise.
A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.
(dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
(dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
Synonyms
• (loud noise): din, noise, ruckus
• (fraud): con, fraud, scam, swindle
Verb
racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)
(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
(intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.
Anagrams
• Eckart, retack, tacker
Source: Wiktionary
Rack"et, n. Etym: [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It. racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net (cf. Reticule); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus.] [Written also racquet.]
1. 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. Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Bancroft.
2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer.
3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada]
4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.
Rack"et, v. t.
Definition: To strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt.
Rack"et, n. Etym: [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]
1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang]
Rack"et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Racketing.]
1. To make a confused noise or racket.
2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne.
3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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