racket
n 1: a loud and disturbing noise
2: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug
peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: {fraudulent
scheme}, {illegitimate enterprise}]
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}]
4: a sports implement 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}]
v 1: celebrate noisily; 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}, {wassail}]
2: make a racket
3: hit with a racket, of a ball