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Racket   /rˈækɪt/   Listen
Racket

noun
1.
A loud and disturbing noise.
2.
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.  Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise.
3.
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.  Synonyms: dissonance, noise.
4.
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.  Synonym: racquet.
verb
(past & past part. racketed; pres. part. racketing)
1.
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.  Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, revel, wassail, whoop it up.  "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
2.
Make loud and annoying noises.
3.
Hit (a ball) with a racket.



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"Racket" Quotes from Famous Books



... racket," said Buck, heartily. "Mr. Wayne is a gentleman and has spoken up for me. So I suppose the negotiations are at ...
— The Napoleon of Notting Hill • Gilbert K. Chesterton
... madame moving overhead; I shall have to go, or she will raise a fine racket. Just keep an eye on the milk, Christophe; don't let ...
— Father Goriot • Honore de Balzac
... in my state-room, awaiting the departure of the steamer, when a tremendous racket on the cabin steps, followed by a rush of feet up and down the saloon, startled me out of ...
— The Land of Thor • J. Ross Browne
... brought us a king-fisher with an enormously long tail, such as no other king-fisher possesses. It was the racket-tailed king-fisher. It had been caught sleeping in the hollow of the rocky banks of a neighbouring stream. It had a red bill, and Mr Hooker observed that he doubted whether it lived upon fish, for, ...
— In the Eastern Seas • W.H.G. Kingston
... in the adventure the baboons became quite enthusiastic about it. The delegation set off immediately. They traveled swiftly; but the ape-man found no difficulty in keeping up with them. They made a tremendous racket as they passed through the trees in an endeavor to suggest to enemies in their front that a great herd was approaching, for when the baboons travel in large numbers there is no jungle creature who cares ...
— The Son of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs


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