racket
1social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.
an organized illegal activity, such as bootlegging or the extortion of money from legitimate business people by threat or violence.
a dishonest scheme, trick, business, activity, etc.: the latest weight-reducing racket.
Usually the rackets . organized illegal activities: Some say that the revenue from legalized gambling supports the rackets.
Slang.
an occupation, livelihood, or business.
an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
to make a racket or noise.
to take part in social gaiety or dissipation.
Origin of racket
1synonym study For racket
Other words for racket
Opposites for racket
Words that may be confused with racket
- racket , racquet
Other definitions for racket (2 of 2)
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.
Origin of racket
2- Also rac·quet (for defs. 1, 2, 4) .
Other words from racket
- rack·et·like, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for racket (1 of 2)
/ (ˈrækɪt) /
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 occupation: what's your racket?
music
a medieval woodwind instrument of deep bass pitch
a reed stop on an organ of deep bass pitch
(intr often foll by about) rare to go about gaily or noisily, in search of pleasure, excitement, etc
Origin of racket
1British Dictionary definitions for racket (2 of 2)
racquet
/ (ˈrækɪt) /
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
(tr) to strike (a ball, shuttlecock, etc) with a racket
Origin of racket
2- See also rackets
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