Definitions for racket
ˈræk ɪtrack·et

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. racketnoun

   a loud and disturbing noise

2. racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprisenoun

   an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

3. noise, dissonance, racketnoun

   the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

   "modern music is just noise to me"

4. racket, racquetverb

   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. revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassailverb

   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. racketverb

   make loud and annoying noises

7. racketverb

   hit (a ball) with a racket

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1. Racketnoun

   an organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Racketnoun

   Etymology: of uncertain derivation; M. Meric Casaubon derives it, after his custom, from ϱαχία, the dash of fluctuation against the shore.

   1. An irregular clattering noise.

   That the tennis court keeper knows better than I, it is a low ebb of linen with thee, when thou keepest not racket there. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   2. A confused talk, in burlesque language.

   Ambition hath removed her lodging, and lives the next door to faction, where they keep such a racket, that the whole parish is disturbed and every night in an uproar. Jonathan Swift.

   3. [ Raquette, Fr.]The instrument with which players strike the ball. Whence perhaps all the other senses.

   When we have matcht our rackets to these balls,
   We will in France play a set,
   Shall strike his father’s crown into the hazard. William Shakespeare.

   The body, into which impression is made, either can yield backward or it cannot: if it can yield backward, then the impression made is a motion; as we see a stroke with a racket upon a ball, makes it fly from it. Kenelm Digby, on the Soul.

   He talks much of the motives to do and forbear, how they determine a reasonable man, as if he were no more than a tennis-ball, to be tossed to and fro by the rackets of the second causes. John Bramhall, against Hobbs.

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1. racket

   A racket is a broad term that can have multiple meanings: 1. A piece of sports equipment used in games like squash, tennis, or badminton, consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cords or strings is stretched tightly. 2. In a more informal context, it can refer to an illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money. 3. It can also refer to a loud and disruptive noise or disturbance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Racketnoun

   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. Racketnoun

   a variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural

3. Racketnoun

   a snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood

4. Racketnoun

   a broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground

5. Racketverb

   to strike with, or as with, a racket

6. Racketnoun

   confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport

7. Racketnoun

   a carouse; any reckless dissipation

8. Racketverb

   to make a confused noise or racket

9. Racketverb

   to engage in noisy sport; to frolic

10. Racketverb

    to carouse or engage in dissipation

11. Etymology: [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Racket

   A racket or racquet is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched tightly. It is used for striking a ball in such games as squash, tennis, racquetball, and badminton. Collectively, these games are known as racquet sports. The frame of rackets for all sports was traditionally made of laminated wood and the strings of animal intestine known as catgut. The traditional racket size was limited by the strength and weight of the wooden frame which had to be strong enough to hold the strings and stiff enough to hit the ball or shuttle. Manufacturers started adding non-wood laminates to wood rackets to improve stiffness. Non-wood rackets were made first of steel, then of aluminium, and then carbon fiber composites. Wood is still used for real tennis, rackets, and xare. Most rackets are now made of composite materials including carbon fibre, fiberglass, metals such as titanium alloys or ceramics. Gut has partially been replaced by synthetic materials including nylon, polyamide, and other polymers. Rackets are restrung when necessary, which may be after every match for a professional or never for a social player.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Racket

   Racquet, rak′et, n. a bat for playing tennis: a snow-shoe: an organ-stop: a 17th-cent. musical instrument: (pl.) a modern variety of the old game of tennis.—v.t. to strike, as with a racket.—ns. Rack′et-, Racq′uet-court, -ground, a court for playing rackets: a tennis-court; Rack′et-tail, a humming-bird with two feathers like rackets.—adj. Rack′et-tailed. [O. Fr. rachete (Fr. raquette)—Sp. raqueta—Ar. rāhat, the palm of the hand.]

2. Racket

   rak′et, n. a clattering noise: hurly-burly.—v.i. to make a clattering noise: to engage in racket of any kind: to be dissipated.—n. Rack′eter.—adj. Rack′ety.—v.t. and v.i. Rack′le (prov.), to rattle.—n. noisy talk. [Gael. racaid—rac, to cackle.]

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. racketnoun

   racket Used to describe crime: An industry. For example, the jewelry theft racket. While meaning "noise" in plain English, it is used with a positive twist, meaning a hot beat or song. "Ooh that's that racket, that's that racket, turn the volume up" -- Dru Hill featuring N.O.R.E. (On Me)

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1. racketnoun

   A Racket is a animal that is an ancient, mixture of a rat and a cricket it was born by both the rat and the cricket and then there was a radioactive surge and it gave birth to the racket.

   A racket loves to get that milk

   Etymology: rackets are smart animals that steal

   
   

   Submitted by grayt_k on December 2, 2022  

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1. Racket

   Racket vs. Racquet -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Racket and Racquet.

Matched Categories

1. • Hit
   • Make Noise
   • Noise
   • Sound
   • Sport

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Anagrams for racket »

1. tacker

2. retack

How to pronounce racket?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say racket in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of racket in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of racket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of racket in a Sentence

1. Tristram Stuart:

   There is a racket in this country called hidden waste, the surplus costs so much for supermarkets to dispose of that it just gets placed in warehouses and shipping containers. Hopefully, this will be exposed soon and the figures will change dramatically.

2. Mohammad Abuzar Al Zahid:

   This has become an extortion racket. They are preying on gullible people, these brokers have spread everywhere, in the villages, in towns. They are like veins in your body.

3. Jeff Bock:

   It's a tough, tough racket to play consistently.

4. James Dyson:

   Hair dryers can be heavy, inefficient, and make a racket. By looking at them further, we realized that they can also cause extreme heat damage to hair, i challenged Dyson engineers to really understand the science of hair and develop our version of a hair dryer, which we think solves these problems.

5. Clive Staples Lewis:

   Just a hurried line...to tell a story which puts the contrast between *our* feast of the Nativity and all this ghastly Xmas racket at it's lowest. My brother heard a woman on a 'bus say, as the 'bus passed a church with a Crib outside it, Oh Lor' They bring religion into everything. Look- they're dragging it even into Christmas now

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=racket
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=racket
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=racket
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racket
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=racket
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=racket
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=racket