racket English

Meaning racket meaning

What does racket mean?

racket

— noun a loud and disturbing noise

— 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

— verb hit (a ball) with a racket

— verb make loud and annoying noises

— verb (= make merry, whoop it up) 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!

— noun (= noise) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience modern music is just noise to me

Synonyms racket synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as racket?

racket English » English

noise

din

racquet

uproar

row

commotion

bat

stir

tumult

stick

hubbub

club

sensation

paddle

loud noise

fuss

clamor

ballyhoo

whoop it up

wassail

sound

ruckus

roar

revel

noisiness

make whoopie

make merry

make happy

jollify

illegitimate enterprise

fraudulent scheme

fracas

dissonance

clamour

business

bluster

worst

whop

whirl

whip

trouble

trap

top

thump out

swing

swindle

strike

stamp out

smite

slap

Topics racket topics

What do people use racket to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds

• What words describe a bad sound?
  discordant bad disharmony racket raucous shrill strident grating

Person Sense, perceive Hear

Loud

• What words refer to a loud sound?
  noise racket roar

Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Extort money

• What words refer to extorting money?
  extort extortion racket racketeering organized crime

Examples racket examples

How do I use racket in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Pardon me, but that is my racket.

Tom laid the racket on the ground.

You have the same racket as I have.

Choose your favorite racket.

Hold the racket tight.

Send me a racket and my tennis shoes.

I haven't touched a tennis racket in years.

How much is this racket?

Can I borrow your tennis racket today?

I bought this racket at a 20 percent discount.

He hit the ball with his racket.

What's all that racket?

Don't make such a racket!

Choose your favourite racket.

He gripped the tennis racket tightly.

It was Mike that bought this racket yesterday.

I want a new tennis racket.

He has a racket.

Someone has stolen my tennis racket.

I left my tennis racket at the club.

Tom wondered when you bought your tennis racket.

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I doubt it, over that racket.

Please, Captain, don't make such a racket.

Is that your racket?

Arnie you better quit this racket.

You know our racket.

If we're in this racket together, we got to keep the cheaters off, right?

Listen. I sent word to Burns that if he'd bring Tom back here tonight. I'd quit the racket.

This isn't my racket. You've been through these things before.

What a racket.

I am kind of agreeing at this racket, I suppose there are a lot of things over this rodeo business that you can tell me.

Now listen here, Gottlieb, making love to Mrs. Claypool is my racket.

What's the racket, Liz?

But it isn't my racket either.

And yet you've been very outspoken against the previous commissions to solve the racket problem. Why is that?

I'm running this racket.

I quit that racket.

Sure. That's the racket of those bigtime attorneys.

Well, must have been an interesting racket.

Now, you're much too nice a kid to get mixed up in a racket like that.

I don't like fellows hanging around them, especially guys in the racket.

Besides, this home owner racket lets you pay off for nothing a week.

Nick's always told us none of us can get involved with the peanut racket, and there's no way I'm going to betray Nick for a kiss on the cheek for a lousy seven seconds.

Then the kids would turn against Frankie, and I could take over the peanut racket.

And since you won't take responsibility, as of today, I'm taking over the peanut racket, and I guarantee every sandwich I sell.

So, Nick, why did you decide to take over the PBJ racket?

It's a racket.

Well, brother, that's my racket.

How'd you like to show your racket to the police?

And what I know now about the racket I could trim them plenty. Heh-heh-heh.

You don't know what her racket is.

You got a sweet racket here.

Yeah, not a bad racket.

I wish I had a piece of that racket.

Say, this racket's the bunk.