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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Racket \Rack"et\, v. t. To strike with, or as with, a racket. [1913 Webster] Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another. --Hewyt. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Racket \Rack"et\, n. 1. 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] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. an organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Racket \Rack"et\ (r[a^]k"[e^]t), n. [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raqueta, 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. [1913 Webster] Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada] [1913 Webster] 4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. [1913 Webster] {Racket court}, a court for playing the game of rackets. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {racket}, {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}, {racket}] 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: {racket}, {racquet}] v 1: celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; 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}, {racket}, {make whoopie}, {make merry}, {make happy}, {whoop it up}, {jollify}, {wassail}] 2: make loud and annoying noises 3: hit (a ball) with a racket