racket /ˈɹækɪt/noun 8verb 3forms 3 noun8 •An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.He bought a new tennis racket two days ago. •A loud noise.Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think! •An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.prostitution and gambling controlled by racketsThey had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money. •(informal) Any industry or enterprise.They dropped out of the acting racket in 1953 and soon took up writing. — 1979 •(slang, old-fashioned) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal. •(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. •A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground. •(slang, old-fashioned) A carouse; any reckless dissipation. verb3 •To make a clattering noise. •To strike with, or as if with, a racket.Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. — 1658 •(old-fashioned) To be dissipated; to carouse. formsracketed · racketing · rackets
