racket
11Racket — Rack et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Racketing}.] 1. To make a confused noise or racket. [1913 Webster] 2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang] [1913… …
12Racket — Rack et, v. t. To strike with, or as with, a racket. [1913 Webster] Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt. [1913 Webster] …
13racket — [n1] commotion; fight agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free for all*, fuss, hoo ha*, hubbub*, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus*, shouting,… …
14racket — Ⅰ. racket [1] (also racquet) ► NOUN ▪ a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut or nylon, used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash. ORIGIN French raquette, from an Arabic word meaning palm of the hand . Ⅱ. racket [2] ► NO …
15racket — racket1 [rak′it] n. [prob. echoic] 1. a noisy confusion; loud and confused talk or activity; uproar 2. Archaic a period of lively, exciting social life or revelry 3. ☆ a) an obtaining of money illegally, as by bootlegging, fraud, or, esp.,… …
16Racket — Rack et, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.] 1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport. [1913 Webster] 2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …
17Racket — (v. fr.), 1) Werkzeug beim Federballspiel, s.d.; 2) (Rankett), ehemaliges kurzes hölzernes Pfeifeninstrument, in welchem die Röhre neun Umwendungen machte u. das daher den Ton eines Doppelfagotts hatte; 3) Register in alten Orgeln, Schnarrwerk… …
18Racket — (engl., franz. raquette), Ballschläger; das Schlagholz oder der Schläger beim Tennisspiel (s. Lawn Tennis) …
19Racket — (engl., spr. räck ), das mit Darmsaiten kreuzweise überspannte, beim Lawn Tennis gehandhabte Schlagholz [Abb. 1463] …
20racket — I noun conspiracy, corruption, criminal activity, criminality, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, illegitimate undertaking, illicit business, illicit scheme, improbity, law breaking, lawlessness, misdealing, organized illegal activity, scheme,… …
