Tra từ racket - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

racket [racket rackets racketed racketing] BrE [ˈrækɪt] NAmE [ˈrækɪt] noun
1. singular (informal)a loud unpleasant noise
Syn: ↑din
•Stop making that terrible racket!
2. countable (informal)a dishonest or illegal way of getting money
•a protection/extortion/drugs, etc. racket
3. (also rac·quet)countable a piece of sports equipment used for hitting the ball, etc. in the games of ↑tennis, ↑squash or ↑badminton. It has an ↑oval frame, with strings stretched across and down it.
compare ↑bat
4. rackets, racquetsuncountable a game for two or four people, similar to ↑squash, played with rackets and a small hard ball in a ↑court with four walls
See also: ↑racquet

Word Origin:
senses 3 to 4 early 16th cent. French raquette Italian Arabic rāḥa rāḥat- ‘palm of the hand’ senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent.

Culture:
The game of rackets first became popular in the 18th century in England, and is now played mainly at a few boys’ ↑public schools. Squash is a similar game that developed from rackets, and is played in a smaller court with a softer ball.

Example Bank:
•He had to shout over the racket.
•He ran a protection racket which demanded thousands from local businesses.
•He set up a protection racket and demanded thousands of pounds from local shopkeepers.
•He smashed his racket into the clay
•I heard a racket coming from upstairs.
•McEnroe received a warning for racket abuse in the second set.
•Stop that infernal racket!
•The gang operated an illegal immigration racket.
•You should restring your racket twice a year.
•a racket in stolen goods
•the other people in this racket
•They believe that he was the victim of a protection racket.
•an extortion/protection racket