racket

v. t. To strike with, or as with, a racket. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor man [ is ] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. One who makes, or engages in, a racket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Mus.) An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]