Overview of noun racket

The noun racket has 4 senses

• racket -- (a loud and disturbing noise)


• racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise -- (an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit)


• noise, dissonance, racket -- (the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me")


• racket, racquet -- (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)

Overview of verb racket

The verb racket has 3 senses

• revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail -- (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!")


• racket -- (make loud and annoying noises)


• racket -- (hit (a ball) with a racket)