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racket

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1. racket - Noun

2. racket - Verb

3. Racket - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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

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

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. Smedley Butler

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

A multi-colored crowd streaked about, and suddenly all was totally changed. It wasn't the usual city racket. It came from a strange land. Anna Akhmatova

He that plays at racket must watch the ball. Dutch Proverb

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