racketnoun
uk/ˈræk.ɪt/us/ˈræk.ɪt/racket noun (SPORT)
A2 [ C ] also racquet an object used for hitting the ball in various sports, consisting of a net fixed tightly to a round frame with a long handle:
a tennis/squash/badminton racket
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- You ought to have your racket re-strung before the competition.
- He holds his tennis racket with a vice-like grip.
- You're welcome to borrow my tennis racket, such as it is.
- He threw his racket across the court.
- A string on my squash racket snapped.
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Tennis & racket sports
- ball boy/girl
- birdie
- break
- break point
- deuce
- double
- fault
- groundstroke
- half-volley
- knock
- lawn tennis
- match point
- passing shot
- racquetball
- rally
- seed
- seeded
- single
- sweet spot
- tennis shoe
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racket noun (NOISE)
C2 [ S ] informal an unpleasant loud continuous noise:
They were making such a racket outside that I couldn't get to sleep.
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Noise & noisy
- (at) full blast idiom
- abuzz
- blast
- boom
- brouhaha
- cacophony
- clamorous
- clangour
- crackle
- disturb
- ear-piercing
- howling
- loud
- noise pollution
- penetrating
- ring
- roaring
- row 1
- strident
- tumult
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racket noun (CRIME)
[ C usually singular ] informal a dishonest or illegal activity that makes money:
They were jailed for running a protection/prostitution racket.
See also
protection
[ C usually singular ] disapproving a way of making a large unfair profit:
Phone chat lines are a real racket.
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Trafficking & racketeering
- black market
- contraband
- counter
- gun-running
- missell
- pass
- racketeering
- run
- scalp
- scam
- scammer
- sell
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- smuggle
- the grey market
- tout
- traffic
- under the counter idiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Crime - general words
Cheating & tricking