'Racket' definitions:

Definition of 'racket'

(from WordNet)
noun
A loud and disturbing noise
noun
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise]
noun
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket]
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 [syn: racket, racquet]
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!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]
verb
Make loud and annoying noises
verb
Hit (a ball) with a racket

Definition of 'Racket'

From: GCIDE
  • Racket \Rack"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Racketing.]
  • 1. To make a confused noise or racket. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Racket'

From: GCIDE
  • Racket \Rack"et\, n.
  • 1. A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. an organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion. [PJC]

Definition of 'Racket'

From: GCIDE
  • Racket \Rack"et\, v. t. To strike with, or as with, a racket. [1913 Webster]
  • Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. --Hewyt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Racket'

From: GCIDE
  • Racket \Rack"et\, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]
  • 1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Racket'

From: GCIDE
  • Racket \Rack"et\ (r[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raqueta, It. racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net (cf. Reticule); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. r[=a]ha 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. [1913 Webster]
  • Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'racket'

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Words containing 'Racket'