1. racket - Noun
2. racket - Verb
3. Racket - Proper noun
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 dictionaryCapitalism 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