racket


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racket
n. loud noise, din; uproar, tumult; organized crime; deceptive act or scheme; profession, occupation; racket, light bat with an oval frame filled with netting (used in sports such as tennis, badminton, etc.)
 
v. live wildly, participate in riotous activities

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Noun
1. a loud and disturbing noise
(hypernym) noise
2. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
(synonym) fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
(hypernym) enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
3. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
(synonym) noise, dissonance
(hypernym) sound, auditory sensation
(hyponym) white 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
(hypernym) sports implement
(hyponym) badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore
(part-meronym) face

Verb
1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!"
(synonym) revel, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
(hypernym) celebrate, fete
(hyponym) carouse, roister, riot
2. make loud and annoying noises
(hypernym) make noise, resound, noise
3. hit (a ball) with a racket
(hypernym) hit
(derivation) racquet
(classification) sport, athletics


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Racket (das)
n. racket, light bat with an oval frame filled with netting (used in sports such as tennis, badminton, etc.)

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racket
nm. hustle, racket