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 Definitions of Racket  [ˈræk ɪt]  

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Definition of 'Racket' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) racket
a loud noise or clamor, esp. of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar.

2.  racket
social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.

3.  racket
an organized illegal activity, such as the extortion of money by threat or violence.

4.  racket
a dishonest scheme, business, activity, etc.

5.  racket
Slang.

6.  racket
an occupation, livelihood, or business.

7.  racket
an easy or profitable source of livelihood.

8. (v.i.) racket
to make a racket or noise.

9.  racket
to take part in social gaiety or dissipation.

10. (n.) racket
a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used in tennis, badminton, etc.

11.  racket
the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis and paddle tennis.

12.  racket
rackets, (used with a sing. v.)

13.  racket
a snowshoe made in the form of a tennis racket.

Etymology:  (1490–1500; < MF raquette, rachette, perh. < Ar rā&hdotbelow;et, var. of rā&hdotbelow;ah palm of the hand)

Definition of 'Racket' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) racket
a loud and disturbing noise

2. (noun) racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

3. (noun) noise, dissonance, racket
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
"modern music is just noise to me"

4. (verb) racket, racquet
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

5. (verb) revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
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!"

6. (verb) racket
make loud and annoying noises

7. (verb) racket
hit (a ball) with a racket


Definition of 'Racket' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) racket
an object used for hitting in games such as tennis, badminton, etc.
a tennis racket


Definition of 'Racket' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Racket
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

2. (noun) Racket
a variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural

3. (noun) Racket
a snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood

4. (noun) Racket
a broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground

5. (noun) Racket
confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport

6. (noun) Racket
a carouse; any reckless dissipation

7. (verb) Racket
to strike with, or as with, a racket

8. (verb) Racket
to make a confused noise or racket

9. (verb) Racket
to engage in noisy sport; to frolic

10. (verb) Racket
to carouse or engage in dissipation


Translation of 'Racket' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a great deal of noise
What a racket the children are making!

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: geraas Arabic flag Arabic: ضَجَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: глъчка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: barulho Czech flag Czech: rámus German flag German: der Krach
Danish flag Danish: larm Greek flag Greek: σαματάς Spanish flag Spanish: jaleo, barullo, escándalo
Estonian flag Estonian: lärm Farsi flag Farsi: جارو جنجال Finnish flag Finnish: meteli
French flag French: vacarme Hebrew flag Hebrew: רַעַש Hindi flag Hindi: शोर कोलाहल मचाना
Croatian flag Croatian: buka, galama Hungarian flag Hungarian: lárma Indonesian flag Indonesian: keributan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hávaði Italian flag Italian: baccano Japanese flag Japanese: 騒ぎ
Korean flag Korean: 소음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šurmulys, triukšmas Latvian flag Latvian: troksnis; kņada
Malay flag Malay: bising Dutch flag Dutch: lawaai Norwegian flag Norwegian: lurveleven, rabalder
Polish flag Polish: harmider Persian flag Persian: جارو جنجال Pashto flag Pashto: شورماشور، غالمغال،كړكيچ،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: barulho Romanian flag Romanian: zarvă Russian flag Russian: шум
Slovak flag Slovak: rámus Slovenian flag Slovenian: hrup Serbian flag Serbian: galama
Swedish flag Swedish: oväsen, larm, ståhej Thai flag Thai: เสียงอึกทึกครึกโครม Turkish flag Turkish: gürültü, patırtı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 吵鬧聲 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гамір, галас Urdu flag Urdu: شور و غل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự huyên náo Chinese flag Chinese: 吵闹声

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