racket

/ɹˈækɪt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a loud and disturbing noise
2. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
3. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
   “modern music is just noise to me”
4. 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

verb

1. celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
   “The members of the wedding party made merry all night”
2. make loud and annoying noises
3. hit (a ball) with a racket

Synonyms for racket

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

Words that rhyme with racket

• bracket
• bluejacket
• racquet
• blackett
• brackett
• drackett
• hackett
• jackett
• packett
• sackett
• shackett
• tackett
• tackitt