racket

Nouns

  • (n) a loud and disturbing noise
  • (n) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise,
  • (n) 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,
  • (n) 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,

Verbs

  • (v) 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,
  • (v) make loud and annoying noises
  • (v) hit (a ball) with a racket

Synonyms

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

Words of close approximity

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racket club racketeer Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act racketeering racketiness rackety