racket

racket1

top: tennis and racquetball rackets

bottom: squash racket

rack·et ¹

also rac·quet  (răk′ĭt)

n.

1. A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.

2. A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.

3. A snowshoe.

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[Middle English raket, a kind of handball, from Old French rachette, palm of the hand, racket, from Medieval Latin rascheta, palm, from Arabic rāḥat (al-yad), palm (of the hand), bound form of rāḥa; see rḥ in Semitic roots.]

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rack·et ²

 (răk′ĭt)

n.

1. A loud distressing noise. See Synonyms at noise.

2.

a. A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.

b. often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.

3.

a. An easy, profitable means of livelihood.

b. Slang A business or occupation.

intr.v. rack·et·ed, rack·et·ing, rack·ets

1. To make or move with a loud distressing noise.

2. To lead an active social life.

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[Origin unknown.]

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racket

(ˈrækɪt)

n

1. a noisy disturbance or loud commotion; clamour; din

2. gay or excited revelry, dissipation, etc

3. an illegal enterprise carried on for profit, such as extortion, fraud, prostitution, drug peddling, etc

4. slang a business or occupation: what's your racket?.

5. (Instruments) music

a. a medieval woodwind instrument of deep bass pitch

b. a reed stop on an organ of deep bass pitch

vb

rare (often foll by: about) to go about gaily or noisily, in search of pleasure, excitement, etc

[C16: probably of imitative origin; compare rattle¹]

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racket

(ˈrækɪt) or

racquet

n

1. (General Sporting Terms) a bat consisting of an open network of nylon or other strings stretched in an oval frame with a handle, used to strike the ball in tennis, badminton, etc

2. (Clothing & Fashion) a snowshoe shaped like a tennis racket

vb

(General Sporting Terms) (tr) to strike (a ball, shuttlecock, etc) with a racket

[C16: from French raquette, from Arabic rāhat palm of the hand]

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rack•et¹

art at radiate

(ˈræk ɪt)
n.

1. a loud noise or clamor, esp. of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar.

2. social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.

3. an organized illegal activity, such as the extortion of money by threat or violence.

4. a dishonest scheme, business, activity, etc.

5. Slang.

a. an occupation, livelihood, or business.

b. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.

v.i.

6. to make a racket or noise.

7. to take part in social gaiety or dissipation.

[1555–65; metathetic variant of dial. rattick; see rattle]

syn: See noise.

rack•et²

(ˈræk ɪt)

n.

1. a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used in tennis, badminton, etc.

2. the short-handled paddle used to strike the ball in table tennis and paddle tennis.

3. rackets, (used with a sing. v.) racquet (def. 1).

4. a snowshoe made in the form of a tennis racket.

Also, racquet (for defs. 1,2,4).

[1490–1500; < Middle French raquette, rachette, perhaps < Arabic rāḥet, variant of rāḥah palm of the hand]

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Racket, Racquet, Racquette, Roquet or Racker

 an assembly of high society at a private house, 1745; a popular, noisy or confused group; also the noise made by such a group.

Examples: racquet of mirth and war, 1822; racket of society, 1886.

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racket

Past participle: racketed
Gerund: racketing

Imperative

racket

racket

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	racket - a loud and disturbing noise noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
	2.	racket - an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise endeavor, endeavour, enterprise - a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
	3.	racket - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" dissonance, noise auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds"
	4.	racket - 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 racquet badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore - a light long-handled racket used by badminton players crosse - a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse face - the striking or working surface of an implement handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" sports implement - an implement used in a sport squash racket, squash racquet, bat - a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash tennis racket, tennis racquet - a racket used to play tennis
Verb	1.	racket - 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!" jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, wassail, whoop it up, revel fete, celebrate - have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" carouse, roister, riot - engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking; "They were out carousing last night"
	2.	racket - make loud and annoying noises make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise
	3.	racket - hit (a ball) with a racket athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"

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racket

noun

1. noise, row, shouting, fuss, disturbance, outcry, clamour, din, uproar, commotion, pandemonium, rumpus, babel, tumult, hubbub, hullabaloo, ballyhoo (informal) The racket went on past midnight.

2. fraud, scheme, criminal activity, fraudulent scheme, illegal enterprise a drugs racket

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racket

noun

1. Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable:

babel, clamor, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, pandemonium, rumpus, tumult, uproar.

2. Slang. Activity pursued as a livelihood:

art, business, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.

Archaic: employ.

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Translations

الحُصول على أموال بِصورَةٍ غَيْر شَريفَهضَجَّهمَضْرَب

raketarámuskraválpokoutní obchody

ketsjerlarmnarkotikahandelsvindleri=-ketcher

KrachSchlägerSpektakelGeschäftGetöse

ρακέτα

raquetajaleo

mailameteli

raquettevacarme

reketvika

hávaîispaîisvindl, brask

racchettabaccanocamorrafracassoorganizzazione malavitosa

ラケット騒ぎ

라켓소동

kņadatroksnis

lawaairacket

racketgangstervirksomhetlurvelevennarkotikahandelrabalder

łomotrakieta

barulheiraraquete

ракеткашумгамгрохотгудение

kšeftovaniepokútny obchod

lopar

racket

เสียงหนวกหูแร็คเก็ต

raketcurcunadalavereli işdolapgürültü

sự huyên náovợt

吵闹吵闹声球拍骗钱

racket

¹ [ˈrækɪt] N (Sport) → raqueta f

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racket

² [ˈrækɪt]

A. N

1. (= din) [of machine, engine] → estruendo m; (= loud voices) → follón m, bulla f
to kick up or make a racket → armar follón or bulla
you never heard such a racket! → ¡menudo follón había!, ¡menuda bulla había!

2. (= organized fraud) → estafa f
the drug racket → el tráfico de drogas
he was in on the racket → era de los que organizaron la estafa

B. VI (make noise) (also racket about) → hacer ruido, armar un jaleo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

racket

[ˈrækɪt] n

(for tennis, squash, badminton) → raquette f racket sports

(= noise) → vacarme m
to make a racket → faire un vacarme
They're making a terrible racket → Ils font un vacarme de tous les diables.
Stop making such a racket! → Arrête de faire un tel vacarme!

(= criminal business) → trafic m
a racket operated by meat dealers → un trafic dirigé par des négociants en viande
a drugs racket → un trafic de drogue
a smuggling racket → un trafic de contrebande

(= swindle) → escroquerie f
an insurance racket → une escroquerie à l'assurance
to be a racket → être une escroquerie

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

racket

¹

n (Sport: for tennis etc) → Schläger m

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racket

²

n

(= uproar) → Krach m, → Lärm m, → Krawall m (inf); to make a racket → Krach etc machen

(inf: = dishonest business) → Schwindelgeschäft nt (inf), → Gaunerei f (inf); (making excessive profit) → Wucher m; the drugs racket → das Drogengeschäft; to be in on a racket → bei einer Gaunerei mitmischen (inf)

(inf: = business, job) → Job m (inf); what’s his racket? → was macht er? (inf); what racket are you in? → was ist Ihr Job? (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

racket

¹ [ˈrækɪt] n (for tennis) → racchetta

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racket

² [ˈrækɪt] n

a. (din) → baccano, fracasso

b. (organised fraud) → traffico, racket m inv; (swindle) → imbroglio, truffa
he's on to quite a racket (fam) → gli sta andando bene con il suo giochetto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

racket¹,

racquet

(ˈrӕkit) noun

a wooden or metal frame strung with catgut or nylon, used in tennis and certain other games. tennis-racket; squash-racket; badminton-racket. raket مِضْرَب ракета raquete raketa der Schläger ketcher; -ketcher ρακέταraqueta reket راکت maila raquetteמחבט खेल में प्रयुक्त होने वाला रैकट reket (tenisz)ütő raket spaði ラケット 라켓 raketė rakete raket racketracketrakieta راکت raqueta rachetă ракетка raketa lopar reket racket ไม้ตีลูกในการเล่นกีฬา เช่น เทนนิส, แบดมินตัน ฯลฯ raket 球拍 ракетка ٹینس وغیرہ کا بلا cái vợt trong quần vợt và cầu lông 球拍

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racket²

(ˈrӕkit) noun

1. a great deal of noise. What a racket the children are making! geraas ضَجَّه глъчка barulho rámus der Krach larm σαματάςjaleo, barullo, escándalo, alboroto lärm جارو جنجال meteli vacarmeרעש शोर कोलाहल मचाना buka, galama lárma keributan hávaði baccano 騒ぎ 소음 šurmulys, triukšmas troksnis; kņada bising lawaailurveleven, rabalder harmider شورماشور، غالمغال،كړكيچ، شوربګت، شوكه، شكونه، لوڅونه، پيسى بودونه (په چل زوراو نارواتوګه barulho zarvă шум rámus hrup galama oväsen, larm, ståhej เสียงอึกทึกครึกโครม gürültü, patırtı 吵鬧聲 гамір, галас شور و غل sự huyên náo 吵闹声

2. a dishonest way of making money. the drug racket. verneukery الحُصول على أموال بِصورَةٍ غَيْر شَريفَه мошеничество negociata pokoutní obchody das Geschäft svindleri; narkotikahandel κομπίναjaleo, barullo, escándalo, alboroto must äri, räkit کلاه برداری؛ قاچاق salakauppa combine louche רמאות बेईमानी से कमाया धन nezakonit način stjecanja novca, “reket” csalás usaha gelap svindl, brask racket, giro 不正な金もうけ 부정한 거래 reketas rekets pasaran gelap zwendelgangstervirksomhet; narkotikahandelmachinacje, kanty قاچاق،غیر قانونی negociata afaceri necinstite рэкет kšeftovanie, pokútny obchod goljufija reket skojarverksamhet, skumraskaffär หาเงินอย่างทุจริต dalavereli iş, dolap, haraç 騙財的非法勾當 рекет, шантаж غیر قانونی سرگرمی thủ đoạn 骗钱

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racket

→ مَضْرَب kravál, raketa ketsjer, larm Krach, Schläger ρακέτα jaleo, raqueta maila, meteli raquette, vacarme reket, vika baccano, racchetta ラケット, 騒ぎ 라켓, 소동 lawaai, racket rabalder, racket łomot, rakieta barulheira, raquete гудение, ракетка racket เสียงหนวกหู, แร็คเก็ต curcuna, raket sự huyên náo, vợt 吵闹, 球拍

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• Where can I rent a racket? (US)
  Where can I hire a racket? (UK) → أَيْنَ يُـمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَسْتَأْجِرَ مَضْرَبَاً ؟ → Kde si můžu pronajmout raketu? → Hvor kan jeg leje en ketsjer? → Wo kann ich einen Tennisschläger mieten? → Πού μπορώ να νοικιάσω ρακέτα; → ¿Dónde puedo alquilar una raqueta? → Mistä voi vuokrata mailan? → Où peut-on louer des raquettes ? → Gdje mogu unajmiti reket? → Dove posso prendere a noleggio una racchetta? → どこでラケットを借りられますか？ → 어디에서 라켓을 빌릴 수 있나요? → Waar kan ik een racket huren? → Hvor kan jeg leie en racket? → Gdzie mogę wypożyczyć rakietę? → Onde eu posso alugar uma raquete? → Где я могу взять ракетку напрокат? → Var kan man hyra en racket? → ฉันจะเช่าไม้เล่นได้ที่ไหน? → Raket nereden kiralayabilirim? → Tôi có thể thuê vợt ở đâu? → 哪儿能租到球拍？

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