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racket
1[ rak-it ]
/ ËrĂŠk ÉȘt /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to make a racket or noise.
to take part in social gaiety or dissipation.
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Origin of racket
1First recorded in 1555â65; 1890â95 for def. 6; by transposition of dialectal rattick;see rattle1
synonym study for racket
1. See noise.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH racket
racket , racquetWords nearby racket
rack, rack and pinion, rack and ruin, go to, rackboard, rack car, racket, racketeer, racketeering, racket press, rackets, rackett
Other definitions for racket (2 of 2)
racket2
[ rak-it ]
/ ËrĂŠk ÉȘt /
noun
a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis.
rackets, (used with a singular verb) racquet (def. 1).
a snowshoe made in the form of a tennis racket.
Also rac·quet (for defs. 1, 2, 4) .
Origin of racket
2First recorded in 1400â50; Middle English raket, a term for a kind of handball, from Middle French raquette, rachette âpalm (of the hand)â; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Arabic rÄáž„et, variant of rÄáž„at (al-yad) âpalm (of the hand)â
OTHER WORDS FROM racket
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British Dictionary definitions for racket (1 of 2)
racket1
/ (ËrĂŠkÉȘt) /
noun
a noisy disturbance or loud commotion; clamour; din
gay or excited revelry, dissipation, etc
an illegal enterprise carried on for profit, such as extortion, fraud, prostitution, drug peddling, etc
slang a business or occupationwhat's your racket?
music
- a medieval woodwind instrument of deep bass pitch
- a reed stop on an organ of deep bass pitch
verb
(intr often foll by about) rare to go about gaily or noisily, in search of pleasure, excitement, etc
Word Origin for racket
C16: probably of imitative origin; compare rattle 1
British Dictionary definitions for racket (2 of 2)
racket2
racquet
/ (ËrĂŠkÉȘt) /
noun
a bat consisting of an open network of nylon or other strings stretched in an oval frame with a handle, used to strike the ball in tennis, badminton, etc
a snowshoe shaped like a tennis racket
verb
(tr) to strike (a ball, shuttlecock, etc) with a racket
See also rackets
Word Origin for racket
C16: from French raquette, from Arabic rÄhat palm of the hand
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