Racket
['rækɪt]
Definition
(noun.) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
(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.
(noun.) a loud and disturbing noise.
(verb.) hit (a ball) with a racket.
(verb.) make loud and annoying noises.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.
(n.) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
(n.) A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.
(v. t.) To strike with, or as with, a racket.
(n.) Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
(n.) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
(v. i.) To make a confused noise or racket.
(v. i.) To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.
(v. i.) To carouse or engage in dissipation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Uproar, clamor, hubbub, din, noise, outcry, disturbance, HULLABALOO, HALLABALOO.
Typist: Steven
Definition
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.
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a racket, denotes that you will be foiled in some anticipated pleasure. For a young woman, this dream is ominous of disappointment in not being able to participate in some amusement that has engaged her attention.
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Examples
- The engines and dynamos made a horrible racket, from loud and deep groans to a hideous shriek, and the place seemed to be filled with sparks and flames of all colors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Jo would whistle and make a great racket getting ready. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That's evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Yes, Jo was a very happy woman there, in spite of hard work, much anxiety, and a perpetual racket. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The racket thus produced was something terrible, and the sleeper would jump up as though a typhoon had struck the laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Tis well to call the neighbours together and to hae a good racket once now and then; and it may as well be when there's a wedding as at tide-times. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He wore no neckerchief, as he had been playing rackets all day, and his open shirt collar displayed their full luxuriance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Not that this couple be in want of one, but 'twas well to show 'em a bit of friendliness at this great racketing vagary of their lives. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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