Definition of Racket

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Racket

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.

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.

A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.

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 enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

To strike with, or as with, a racket.

Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

To make a confused noise or racket.

To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

To carouse or engage in dissipation.

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Racket Quotations

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.
Al Capone

I'll let the racket do the talking.
John McEnroe

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
Smedley Butler

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
Smedley Butler

The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.
David Hackworth

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
Gabriela Sabatini

I don't think there is a good reason for an abortion, but Dr. Jasper made me really realize it was just a racket. He was just doing it for the money. He didn't care about the women.
Norma McCorvey

History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
Sarah Vowell

I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of.
Jerry Pournelle

Racket Translations

racket in Spanish is raqueta

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