racket

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racket Definition

• (n) a loud and disturbing noise
• (n) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
• (n) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
• (n) 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
• (v) 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!"
• (v) make loud and annoying noises
• (v) hit (a ball) with a racket

racket Synonyms

• dissonance
• fraudulent scheme
• illegitimate enterprise
• jollify
• make happy
• make merry
• make whoopie
• noise
• racket
• racquet
• revel
• wassail
• whoop it up