Racket (noise)

Racket (noise)
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  • racket — for playing tennis [16] and racket ‘noise’ [16] are unrelated words. The former was borrowed from French raquette, which originally meant ‘palm of the hand’. This goes back via Italian racchetta to Arabic rāhat, a variant of rāha ‘palm of the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • racket — for playing tennis [16] and racket ‘noise’ [16] are unrelated words. The former was borrowed from French raquette, which originally meant ‘palm of the hand’. This goes back via Italian racchetta to Arabic rāhat, a variant of rāha ‘palm of the… …   Word origins

  • racket — Ⅰ. racket [1] (also racquet) ► NOUN ▪ a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut or nylon, used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash. ORIGIN French raquette, from an Arabic word meaning palm of the hand . Ⅱ. racket [2] ► NO …   English terms dictionary

  • Racket — Rack et, n. [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance.] 1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport. [1913 Webster] 2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • noise — [noiz] n. [ME < OFr, noise, quarreling, clamor < L nausea: see NAUSEA] 1. a) loud or confused shouting; din of voices; clamor b) any loud, discordant, or disagreeable sound or sounds 2. a sound of any kind [the noise of the rain] 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Racket — Rack et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Racketing}.] 1. To make a confused noise or racket. [1913 Webster] 2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • racket — [n1] commotion; fight agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free for all*, fuss, hoo ha*, hubbub*, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus*, shouting,… …   New thesaurus

  • racket — racket1 [rak′it] n. [prob. echoic] 1. a noisy confusion; loud and confused talk or activity; uproar 2. Archaic a period of lively, exciting social life or revelry 3. ☆ a) an obtaining of money illegally, as by bootlegging, fraud, or, esp.,… …   English World dictionary

  • noise — I noun ado, blare, blatancy, cacophony, charivari, clamor, clamorousness, clangor, clatter, cry, detonation, din, discord, fanfare, fracas, harsh sound, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, loudness, outcry, pandemonium, racket, ruckus, ruction, sonitus,… …   Law dictionary

  • racket — I noun conspiracy, corruption, criminal activity, criminality, dishonesty, fraud, fraudulence, illegitimate undertaking, illicit business, illicit scheme, improbity, law breaking, lawlessness, misdealing, organized illegal activity, scheme,… …   Law dictionary

  • racket —  Noise; special business deal that is very profitable and may or may not be legal.  ► “But the king of this racket is New York’s inimitable Alfonse D’Amato, parlaying his dual role as Banking Committee chairman and head of the Senate Republican… …   American business jargon

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