racket
IPA: rˈækɪt
noun
- (countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.
- (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
- A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.
- A loud noise.
- An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
- (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.
- (dated, slang) Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.
- (computer languages) A general-purpose, multiparadigm programming language descended from Scheme.
verb
- To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
- (intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
- (intransitive, dated) To be dissipated; to carouse.
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Examples of "racket" in Sentences
- Can someone stop the racket
- How did you stop the racket
- They are known as racketeers.
- He is known as the racketeer.
- He is very annoyed by the racket.
- Where is this racket coming from
- The racketeer was investigated as a murder case.
- His dream used to be a racketeer but not anymore.
- The racket eventually stopped and it was midnight.
- The whole Valentines racket is arbitrary and false.
- Perhaps calling the system a racket is a little disingenuous.
- A tennis racket or the like having a slip clutch in the handle of the racket.
- The private-but-federally-guaranteed student loan racket is an abomination and replacing it with direct lending should be a no-brainer.
- A tennis racket is already a perfect controller for an existing game – without it, Wii Tennis wouldn't be "intuitive" at all, Lantz says.
- * Tennis racket - These may take up some space but who knows, if you are in a warm place and want to soak in the sun during your workout, a racket is the perfect choice!
- But I put her fan base in the same category as the people who donate to the 700 Club, Ted Haggard, Jimmy Swaggart, or any of the long list of high profile conservative hypocrites whose racket is transparent to thinking people.
- Also, another part of their racket is their claim of being “judgment-proof”, Therefore, the victim while sustaining huge legal fees to bring such a countersuit, could never recover monetary damages in such a counter-suit, even if such a favorable ruling was ever made.
- Mr. Yglesias seems to be much more concerned about the jobs of people who work for Sallie Mae and insurance companies then the jobs of, oh, I dunno, sweet potato farmers in the South or auto workers in Michigan.vs. The private-but-federally-guaranteed student loan racket is an abomination and replacing it with direct lending should be a no-brainer.
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