6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  n. 
  A  scheme,  dodge,  trick,  or  the  like  something  taking  place 
  considered  as  exciting,  trying,  unusual,  or  the  like  also 
  such  occurrence  considered  as  an  ordeal;  as  to  work  a 
  racket;  to  stand  upon  the  racket.  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  n.  [F.  raquette;  cf  Sp  raquets  It 
  racchetta  which  is  perhaps  for  retichetta  and  fr  L.  rete  a 
  net  (cf.  {Reticule});  or  perh.  from  the  Arabic;  cf  Ar 
  r[=a]ha  the  palm  of  the  hand  (used  at  first  to  strike  the 
  ball),  and  OF  rachette  rasquette  carpus,  tarsus.]  [Written 
  also  {racquet}.] 
  1.  A  thin  strip  of  wood,  having  the  ends  brought  together, 
  forming  a  somewhat  elliptical  hoop,  across  which  a  network 
  of  catgut  or  cord  is  stretched.  It  is  furnished  with  a 
  handle,  and  is  used  for  catching  or  striking  a  ball  in 
  tennis  and  similar  games. 
 
  Each  one  [of  the  Indians]  has  a  bat  curved  like  a 
  crosier,  and  ending  in  a  racket.  --Bancroft. 
 
  2.  A  variety  of  the  game  of  tennis  played  with  peculiar 
  long-handled  rackets;  --  chiefly  in  the  plural.  --Chaucer. 
 
  3.  A  snowshoe  formed  of  cords  stretched  across  a  long  and 
  narrow  frame  of  light  wood.  [Canada] 
 
  4.  A  broad  wooden  shoe  or  patten  for  a  man  horse,  to  enable 
  him  to  step  on  marshy  or  soft  ground. 
 
  {Racket  court},  a  court  for  playing  the  game  of  rackets. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  v.  t. 
  To  strike  with  or  as  with  a  racket. 
 
  Poor  man  [is]  racketed  from  one  temptation  to  another. 
  --Hewyt. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  n.  [Gael.  racaid  a  noise,  disturbance.] 
  1.  confused,  clattering  noise;  din;  noisy  talk  or  sport. 
 
  2.  A  carouse;  any  reckless  dissipation.  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racket  \Rack"et\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Racketed};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Racketing}.] 
  1.  To  make  a  confused  noise  or  racket. 
 
  2.  To  engage  in  noisy  sport;  to  frolic.  --Sterne. 
 
  3.  To  carouse  or  engage  in  dissipation.  [Slang] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  racket 
  n  1:  a  loud  and  disturbing  noise 
  2:  an  illegal  enterprise  (such  as  extortion  or  fraud  or  drug 
  peddling  or  prostitution)  carried  on  for  profit  [syn:  {fraudulent 
  scheme},  {illegitimate  enterprise}] 
  3:  the  auditory  experience  of  sound  that  lacks  musical  quality; 
  sound  that  is  a  disagreeable  auditory  experience;  "modern 
  music  is  just  noise  to  me"  [syn:  {noise},  {dissonance}] 
  4:  a  sports  implement  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  [syn:  {racquet}] 
  v  1:  celebrate  noisily;  engage  in  uproarious  festivities;  "The 
  members  of  the  wedding  party  made  merry  all  night"; 
  "Let's  whoop  it  up--the  boss  is  gone!"  [syn:  {revel},  {make 
  whoopie},  {make  merry},  {make  happy},  {whoop  it  up},  {wassail}] 
  2:  make  a  racket 
  3:  hit  with  a  racket,  of  a  ball 

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