Racket Definition

răkĭt
rackets
noun
rackets
A period of lively, exciting social life or revelry.
Webster's New World
A noisy confusion; loud and confused talk or activity; uproar.
Webster's New World
A light bat for tennis, badminton, etc., with a network of catgut, silk, nylon, etc., in an oval or round frame attached to a handle.
Webster's New World
Any dishonest scheme or practice.
Webster's New World
A scheme for or the practice of obtaining money illegally, esp. one involving fraud or extortion.
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verb
To make a racket; take part in a noisy activity.
Webster's New World
To lead a boisterous social life; revel.
Webster's New World
To ramble or travel in a casual, reckless way, as in search of excitement.
Webster's New World
To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
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Other Word Forms of Racket

Noun

Singular:
racket
Plural:
rackets

Origin of Racket

  • Derived from the Scottish Gaelic "bataireachd" which is defined alternatively as "1.Cudgelling. 2 Idleness. 3 Lounging. 4 Making a rattling noise." according to Dwelly, 1910. Dwelly uses this phrase in defining "bataireachd" - "Is ann ort a tha a' bhataireachd! what a noise you are making!" The word "bhataireachd" sounds anglophonically like "vat a racket."

    From Wiktionary

  • 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 rḥ in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English raket

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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