racket

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (sporting implement): racquet

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹækɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"r{kIt/
• Rhymes: -ækɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English raket

Noun

racket (plural rackets)

1. (countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.

Synonyms

• (implement): bat, paddle, racquet

Translations

implement

• Arabic: مضرب (ar) (míḍrab) m, (plural) مضارب (ar) (maḍārib) m pl
• Catalan: raqueta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網球拍 (cmn), 网球拍 (cmn) (wǎngqiúpāi), 球拍 (cmn) (qiúpāi)

• Czech: raketa (cs) f
• Danish: ketsjer (da) c
• Dutch: racket (nl) n
• Esperanto: batilo (eo), pilkoĵetilo (eo), rakedo (eo), raketo (eo)
• Faroese: kettjari (fo) m
• Finnish: maila (fi)
• French: raquette (fr) f
• German: Schläger (de) m

• Japanese: ラケット (ja) (raketto)
• Korean: 라켓 (ko) (raket)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekkert (nb) m, racket (nb) m

  Nynorsk: rekkert (nn) m, racket (nn) m

• Portuguese: raquete (pt)
• Russian: ракетка (ru) (rakétka) f 
• Slovak: raketa (sk) f
• Spanish: raqueta (es) f
• Swedish: racket (sv) n
• Turkish: raket (tr)

Verb

racket (third-person singular simple present rackets, present participle racketing, simple past and past participle racketed)

1. To strike with, or as if with, a racket.
   • Hewyt

     Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.

See also

• Wikipedia:Racquet Sports

Etymology 2

Derived from the Scottish Gaelic "bataireachd" which is defined alternatively as "1.Cudgelling. 2 Idleness. 3 Lounging. 4 Making a rattling noise." according to Dwelly, 1910. Dwelly uses this phrase in defining "bataireachd" - "Is ann ort a tha a' bhataireachd! what a noise you are making!" The word "bhataireachd" sounds anglophonically like "vat a racket."

Noun

racket (plural rackets)

1. A loud noise.

   Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.

   With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!

   What's all this racket?

2. A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.

   They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.

3. (dated, slang) A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Synonyms

• (loud noise): din, noise, ruckus
• (fraud): con, fraud, scam, swindle

Derived terms

• racketeer, racketeering

Translations

loud noise

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: صْداع (Sda3) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喧吵 (cmn) (xuānchǎo)

• Dutch: lawaai (nl) n
• Finnish: melske, melu, mellastus

• French: vacarme (fr) m, tintamarre (fr) m
• German: Lärm (de) m, Krach (de) m, Radau (de) m
• Maori: matioke (mi)
• Portuguese: algazarra (pt) f
• Russian: шум (ru) (šum) m , гам (ru) (gam) m , грохот (ru) (gróxot) m , гул (ru) (gul) m 
• Swedish: oväsen (sv) n
• Walloon: ramdam (wa) m, araedje (wa) m

fraud

• Dutch: fraude (nl) f
• French: escroquerie (fr) f
• Portuguese: fraude (pt) f, extorsão (pt) f
• Russian: мошенничество (ru) (mošénničestvo) n , жульничество (ru) (žúl'ničestvo) n , афера (ru) (aféra) f , рэкет (ru) (réket) m  (blackmail)

• Serbo-Croatian: reket (sh) m
• Spanish: fraude (es) m

Anagrams

• tacker

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Dutch

Noun

racket n (plural rackets, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. racket (sports implement)

Derived terms

• tennisracket

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French

Etymology

From English racket.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁakɛt/

Noun

racket m (plural rackets)

1. racketeering
2. racket, extortion

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

English

Noun

racket m (invariable)

1. racketeering
2. racket, extortion

Derived terms

• antiracket