racket
1. a loud and disturbing noise (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
rackety
• Hypernyms:
noise
2. an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
• Derivationally related forms:
racketeer
• Hypernyms:
enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
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
• Derivationally related forms:
dissonant (for: dissonance), dissonate (for: dissonance), noise (for: noise)
• Hypernyms:
sound, auditory sensation
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:
racquet
• Hypernyms:
sports implement
• Hyponyms:
badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore, crosse, squash racket,
squash racquet, bat, tennis racket, tennis racquet
• Part Meronyms:
face, handle, grip, handgrip, hold
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, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up,
jollify, wassail
• Derivationally related forms:
wassailer (for: wassail), jollification (for: jollify), merrymaking (for: make merry), revel (for: revel), reveller (for: revel), revelry (for: revel)
• Hypernyms:
celebrate, fete
• Hyponyms:
carouse, roister, riot
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. make loud and annoying noises
• Hypernyms:
make noise, resound, noise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. hit (a ball) with a racket
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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