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racket
('r/&/k/I/t )

noun (n)

  • a loud and disturbing noise(noun.event)
    source: wordnet30
  • an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    dissonance, noise
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.artifact)
    Synonym:
    racquet
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities(verb.social)
    source: wordnet30
  • make loud and annoying noises(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • hit (a ball) with a racket(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To strike with, or as with, a racket.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make a confused noise or racket.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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