racket
noun
1 racket
A loud and disturbing noise.
Roget 315: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion†, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation†, quassation†; shuffling etc. v.; twitter, flicker, flutter. turbulence, perturbation; commotion, turmoil, disquiet; tumult, tumultuation†; hubbub, rout, bustle, fuss, racket, subsultus†, staggers, megrims, epilepsy, fits; carphology†, chorea, floccillation†, the jerks, St. Vitus's dance, tilmus†. spasm, throe, throb, palpitation, convulsion. disturbance, chaos etc. (disorder) 59; restlessness etc. (changeableness) 149. ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage†; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex etc. 312; whirlwind etc. (wind) 349. ... show more
Roget 407: roll etc. v.; drumming etc. v.; berloque†, bombination†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara†; rataplan†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari†, racket; cuckoo; repetition etc. 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation etc. 408. [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack. hum, purr. [animals that hum] hummingbird. [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412. ... show more
is a specific kind of: noise.
derivation: racketv2 | jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racketv1, revel, wassail, whoop it up | rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious.
Dutch: herrie, kabaal, lawaai, leven
2 racket
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise.
is a specific kind of: endeavor, endeavour, enterprise.
derivation: racketeer.
3 racket
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
synonyms: dissonance, noise.
Roget 713: disagreement etc. 24; discord, disaccord†, dissidence, dissonance; jar, clash, shock; jarring, jostling etc. v.; screw loose. variance, difference, dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie [Fr.]; division, split, rupture, disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach; schism etc. (dissent) 489; feud, faction. quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie†, squabble, altercation, barney [Slang], demel_e, snarl, spat, towrow†, words, high words; wrangling etc. v.; jangle, brabble†, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars. polemics; litigation; strife etc. (contention) 720; warfare etc. 722; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war. broil, brawl, row, racket, hubbub, rixation†; embroilment, embranglement†, imbroglio, fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work [Fr.], scrimmage, rumpus; breeze, squall; riot, disturbance etc. (disorder) 59; commotion etc. (agitation) 315; bear garden, Donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair. subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli [Lat.]; question at issue etc. (subject of inquiry) 461; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], brand of discord. troublous times†; cat-and-dog life; contentiousness etc. adj.; enmity etc. 889; hate etc. 898; Kilkenny cats; disputant etc. 710; strange bedfellows. ... show more
Roget 404: loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang, clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation†, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery†, fracas, charivari†, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre†, peal, swell, blast, larum†, boom; bang (explosion) 406; resonance etc. 408. vociferation, hullabaloo, etc. 411; lungs; Stentor. artillery, cannon; thunder. ... show more
is a specific kind of: auditory sensation, sound.
derivation: disharmonize, dissonate | make noise, noise, resound | dissonant, unresolved.
4 racket
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.
synonym: racquet.
is a specific kind of: sports implement.
is a broader term that covers: badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore | crosse | bat, squash racket, squash racquet | tennis racket, tennis racquet.
has as a part: face | grip, handgrip, handle, hold.
derivation: racketv3.
Dutch: raket, racket
Polish: rakieta
verb
1 racket
Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, revel, wassail, whoop it up.
is a specific kind of: celebrate, fete.
is a broader term that covers: carouse, riot, roister.
derivation: conviviality, jollification, merrymaking | revel, revelry | racketn1 | merrymaker, reveler, reveller | carouser, wassailer.
Dutch: opwekken
2 racket
Make loud and annoying noises.
is a specific kind of: make noise, noise, resound.
derivation: racketn1.
3 racket
Hit (a ball) with a racket.
Moby thesaurus: Babel, Bedlam let loose, Cosa Nostra, Lastex, Mafia, ado, agate, agitation, art, artful dodge, artifice, babel, baleen, ball, ballot-box stuffing, ballyhoo, baseball bat, bat, battledore, bauble, bedlam, black market, blast, blind, blocks, bluster, bobbery, bootlegging, bother, brattle, brawl, broil, brouhaha, bunco, business, cacophony, calling, caper, cardsharping, career, career building, careerism, chaos, charivari, chatter, cheat, cheating, checkerboard, chessboard, chewing gum, chicanery, chirm, clack, clacket, clamor, clangor, clap, clatter, clitter, clitterclatter, club, clunter, cockhorse, commotion, confusion of tongues, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, cozenage, craft, cricket bat, cue, cute trick, deceit, design, device, diddle, diddling, din, discord, dishonesty, disturbance, dodge, doll, doll carriage, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, drunken brawl, dustup, ebullition, elastic, elastomer, embroilment, employment, expedient, fakement, fanaticism, feint, ferment, fetch, fishy transaction, flam, flap, flimflam, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, free-for-all, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gambit, gambling, game, gerrymandering, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimmick, golf club, graft, gray market, grift, gum, gum elastic, gyp, gyp joint, handball, handicraft, hassle, hell, hell broke loose, helter-skelter, hobbyhorse, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, imposition, imposture, intrigue, jack-in-the-box, jacks, jackstones, jackstraws, jangle, job, jugglery, jumping jack, kickshaw, knavery, knickknack, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, little game, livelihood, loan-sharking, loud noise, maneuver, marble, marionette, melee, metier, mig, mission, moonshining, move, mystery, narcotics traffic, noise, noise and shouting, number, occupation, organized crime, outcry, pandemonium, paper doll, passion, pell-mell, pick-up sticks, pinwheel, plaything, plot, ploy, pother, practice, profession, prostitution, protection racket, puppet, pursuit, rag doll, rage, rampage, rattle, rattletybang, rattling, red herring, rhubarb, riot, roar, rocking horse, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, rubber, rubber ball, rubber band, ruckle, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, ruse, scam, scheme, scramble, shady dealings, shift, shindy, shivaree, sleight, spandex, specialization, specialty, sport, spring, springboard, static, steelie, stir, storminess, stratagem, strategy, stretch fabric, subterfuge, swindle, tactic, taw, teetotum, tempestuousness, the rackets, the syndicate, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, to-do, top, toy, toy soldier, trade, traffic in women, trampoline, trick, trickery, trinket, trouble, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, usury, vocation, walk, walk of life, whalebone, whim-wham, white slavery, wildness, wile, wily device, work, zeal, zealousness ... show more.
racketing
noun
Roget 682: activity; briskness, liveliness etc. adj.; animation, life, vivacity, spirit, dash, energy; snap, vim. nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness etc. adj.; velocity, etc. 274; alacrity, promptitude; despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste etc. 684; punctuality etc. (early) 132. eagerness, zeal, ardor, perfervidum aingenium [Lat.], empressement [Fr.], earnestness, intentness; abandon; vigor etc. (physical energy) 171; devotion etc. (resolution) 604; exertion etc. 686. industry, assiduity; assiduousness etc. adj.; sedulity; laboriousness; drudgery etc. (labor) 686; painstaking, diligence; perseverance etc. 604.1; indefatigation†; habits of business. vigilance etc. 459; wakefulness; sleeplessness, restlessness; insomnia; pervigilium†, insomnium†; racketing. movement, bustle, stir, fuss, ado, bother, pottering, fidget, fidgetiness; flurry etc. (haste) 684. officiousness; dabbling, meddling; interference, interposition, intermeddling; tampering with, intrigue. press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action. housewife, busy bee; new brooms; sharp fellow, sharp blade; devotee, enthusiast, zealot, meddler, intermeddler, intriguer, busybody, pickthank†; hummer, hustler, live man [U.S.], rustler [U.S.]. ... show more
Roget 840: amusement, entertainment, recreation, fun, game, fun and games; diversion, divertissement; reaction, solace; pastime, passetemps [Fr.], sport; labor of love; pleasure etc. 827. relaxation; leisure etc. 685. fun, frolic, merriment, jollity; joviality, jovialness†; heyday; laughter etc. 838; jocosity, jocoseness†; drollery, buffoonery, tomfoolery; mummery, pleasantry; wit etc. 842; quip, quirk. [verbal expressions of amusement: list] giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation†; Kentish fire; tiger. play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine†, escapade, echappee [Fr.], bout, espieglerie [Fr.]; practical joke etc. (ridicule) 856. dance; hop, reel, rigadoon†, saraband†, hornpipe, bolero, ballroom dance; [ballroom dances: list], minuet, waltz, polka, fox trot, tango, samba, rhumba, twist, stroll, hustle, cha-cha; fandango, cancan; bayadere†; breakdown, cake-walk, cornwallis [U.S.], break dancing; nautch-girl; shindig [U.S.]; skirtdance†, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance; galop†, galopade†; jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey†; allemande [Fr.]; gavot†, gavotte, tarantella; mazurka, morisco†, morris dance; quadrille; country dance, folk dance; cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley; ballet etc. (drama) 599; ball; bal, bal masque, bal costume; masquerade; Terpsichore. festivity, merrymaking; party etc. (social gathering) 892; blowout [U.S.], hullabaloo, hoedown, bat [U.S.], bum [U.S.], bust [Slang], clambake [U.S.], donation party [U.S.], fish fry [U.S.], jamboree [Slang], kantikoy†, nautch†, randy, squantum [U.S.], tear [Slang], Turnerfest†, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto†; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet etc. (food) 298; regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre [Fr.], regatta, field day; treat. round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making. rejoicing etc. 838; jubilee etc. (celebration) 883. bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker. holiday; gala day, red letter day, play day; high days and holidays; high holiday, Bank holiday; May day, Derby day; Saint Monday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday; Bairam†; wayz-goos†, bean feast; Arbor Day, Declaration Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day; Mardi gras [Fr.], mi-careme [Fr.], feria [Lat.], fiesta. place of amusement, theater; hall, concert room, ballroom, assemblyroom†; music hall. park, plaisance†; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) 737.1; arbor; garden etc. (horticulture) 371; pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum†, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe [Fr.]. game of chance, game of skill. athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism etc. (contention) 720; sports etc. 622; horse racing, the turf; aquatics etc. 267; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat†, croquet, golf, curling, pallone†, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain [Mediev.]; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell†. [childrens' games] leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper†, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers. ; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones†, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag &c.; billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle; bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain†, American bowls†; tenpins [U.S.], tivoli. cards, card games; whist, rubber; round game; loo, cribbage, besique†, euchre, drole†, ecarte [Fr.], picquet†, allfours†, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit; boston, boaston†; blackjack, twenty-one, vingtun [Fr.]; quinze [Fr.], thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino†, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren†, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs; banker; blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker; bluff, bridge, bridge whist; lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis†, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my-neighbor; baccarat. [cards: list] ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce; joker; trump, wild card. [card suits: list] spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit. bower; right bower, left bower; dummy; jackpot; deck. [hands at poker: list] pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush; misere &c.. [board games: list] chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles†, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire; game of fox and goose; monopoly; loto &c.; [word games: list], scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman. morra†; gambling etc. (chance) 621. toy, plaything, bauble; doll etc. (puppet ) 554; teetotum†; knickknack etc. (trifle) 643; magic lantern etc. (show) 448; peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show†; toy shop; quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles" [Milton]. entertainer, showman, showgirl; dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man; vaudeville act; singer; musician etc. 416. sportsman, gamester, reveler; master of ceremonies, master of revels; pompom girl†; arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]; arbiter bibendi [Lat.], archer, fan [U.S.], toxophilite†, turfman†. ... show more
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