1. 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
   "She gripped her racket tightly before serving";
   - racquet
    
2. A loud and disturbing noise
   "The racket from the party next door kept them awake all night"
    
3. The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
   "The construction site's racket made it impossible to concentrate";
   - noise, dissonance
    
4. An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
   "The authorities uncovered a racket involving fake investment opportunities";
   - fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise

1. Make loud and annoying noises
   "The children racketed about in the playroom"
    
2. (sport) hit (a ball) with a racket
   "She racketed the tennis ball with precision"
    
3. Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
   "The students racketed all night after graduation";
   - revel, make whoopee [informal], make merry, whoop it up [informal], jollify [informal], wassail [archaic]

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Derived forms: rackets, racketing, racketed

Type of: auditory sensation, celebrate, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], enterprise, fete, fête, hit, make noise, noise, resound, sound, sports implement

Encyclopedia: Racket, West Virginia