racket


racket (http://definr.com/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 (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
        [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