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