racket1
(also racquet)
nounPlural rackets ˈrakɪtˈrækət
1A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.
（尤指网球、羽毛球和软式墙网球的）球拍a squash racket- She even broke my badminton racket to stop me from playing and prevent me from attending a match.
- He just seemed to be a nice chap who wanted to lend his racquet to a fellow tennis player in need.
- Court sports offer the opportunity to sell high-ticket items such as racquets and shoes, which can easily make $30 to $50 per sale.
- He seems to be playing the ball in sheer delight at the things he can do with it, playing with a racket whose strings are one moment cobweb, the next piano-wire.
- Their hand-eye coordination is excellent, as we can see in table tennis, badminton and other racquet sports.
- Tennis balls stay on the racket strings for only a few milliseconds and are several feet away by the time a signal from your hand can travel to your brain and back to generate a correction.
- Unlike, say, a tennis racket or cricket bat, a snooker cue is thought irreplaceable by its owner.
- The challenges included running, catching, balancing tennis balls on rackets and practising ground strokes and volleys.
- I stepped out of my house with my racquet and tennis ball.
- My father had a frying pan; Liam was holding a tennis racket and Derek was clutching a baseball bat.
- The Tennis racket by 1500 was no longer completely made of wood but consisted of a wooden handle with a sheep gut strung head.
- At school, she was barely able to wield a badminton racket with any proficiency and here she was in a swordfight.
- Boats, canoes, jetties, fishing rods and forgotten waterskis are among items recovered and sometimes reclaimed by owners, but the other day I found a tennis racquet.
- Kapur had opportunities to win either of the first two games, but his racquet work deserted him when he ran out of gas in the third.
- Buy your children presents that encourage them to be active, such as racquets or roller skates.
- I shuffle my feet to make the shot, my grip on the racquet slippery from my perspiration.
- He looks down at his tennis racquet, examining his strings.
- Anyway, I can't just go to some tennis court with my racquet and balls, I need someone to play with and that's why I need a club.
- 1.1North American A snowshoe resembling a racket.〈主北美〉球拍形雪鞋
Origin
Early 16th century: from French raquette (see rackets).
In Middle English this is a game a bit like modern squash or real tennis (see pillar), only appearing as the bat used to hit the ball around 1500. The word comes from a French and Italian term for ‘palm of the hand’, for the ball was originally hit with the hand. The noisy sort of racket is a separate word, which appeared in the mid 16th century, perhaps in imitation of the noise. The sort of racket practised by a racketeer (early 20th century) seems to have evolved from this.
Rhymes
Blackett, bracket, jacket, packet, placket
racket2
nounPlural rackets ˈrakɪtˈrækət
1in singular A loud unpleasant noise; a din.
喧嚷（声），吵闹（声）；骚闹，纷乱the kids were making a racket孩子们在大声喧哗。
- Buskers used to be arrested for making a racket for the sake of the price of a cup of tea.
- To the uninitiated this can sound like a sprawling racket, but the band insist each song is composed and arranged.
- The sound of my cell phone making a racket in my bag brought me back to reality.
- At this point the proceedings were suddenly interrupted by a cacophony of noise. Everybody turned to face the source of the racket.
- It turned out to be a large roost of house sparrows all trying to jam themselves into two small trees making a racket.
- On top of this mess are those patented gorgeous two-part harmonies, uncharacteristically straining to make themselves heard over the racket.
- How do I keep my one-year-old cat from making a racket outside my bedroom door in the mornings?
- Do you think that rock, hip hop, and jazz are all noise and racket?
- It was groaning and squealing, and making an awful racket.
- They were making a hell of a racket, sounding somewhat like terns calling.
- The faster form of river transport is the speedboat, machines that make so much noise as they roar by that passengers wear crash helmets to drown out the racket.
- But, oh, the noise, the deafening racket - it was almost enough to deter us form returning again anytime soon.
- I woke up and there were crows outside my window, making a racket and causing the other birds to yell back at them.
- She has workmen in the house who are making a racket with drills and instead of talking in the sitting room, she suggests we go through the long garden at the rear of the house to her husband's more peaceful, spacious music room.
- Anyway, to return to my story, the sprog has absolutely no concept of time and wakes up at odd times during the night and starts making a racket.
- The guys were making a racket and amid the commotion were cries of victory.
- More residents in Scotland say they are disturbed by the racket from nearby pubs than anywhere else in the UK.
- The light came on and the audience were on their feet, making a racket.
- I'm sure my neighbours must have loved me, since the noise it made could delicately be called an absolute racket.
- Double glazed windows designed to keep out the noise of the tramcars now block the worst racket from modern traffic.
noise, din, hubbub, clamour, row, uproar, hullabaloo, tumult, commotion, rumpus, fracas, pandemonium, clangour, brouhaha, disturbancecrash, clatter, clash, babble, shouting, yelling, babelWest Indian bangarang- 1.1archaic The noise and liveliness of fashionable society.〈古〉（上流社会）热闹的社交；欢宴；花天酒地，恣意作乐
2informal An illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money.
〈非正式〉敲诈勒索；诈骗；骗局；非法勾当a protection racket收取保护费的黑社会勾当。
- His organisation is motivated by money - from protection rackets and drugs.
- He warned in certain parts of the country it has created the risk of illegal protection rackets growing up.
- Inevitably, the bad guys are now cashing in - bringing everything from in-game fraud and protection rackets to gang-controlled digital brothels.
- In the brothel and nightclub strip, crime bosses got the green light to organise prostitution and illegal gambling rackets.
- Together they offer protection to other rackets in town while running their own illegal enterprises.
- Small and medium enterprises are harassed by the state or gangsters' rackets.
- The army, on the other hand, is notorious for its protection rackets and other illegal activities in the province.
- They unexpectedly realise their dreams when they turn their jobs delivering free newspapers into an illegal racket.
- The rule of law is fragile, with gangs of thugs running protection rackets in many cities, in the absence of a reliable police force.
- Their gang, The Firm, established a Mafia-style grip on the city's criminal underworld in the 1960s, specialising in protection and extortion rackets.
- It was only later that he learned that one of his neighbours had been running an illegal drinks racket and had skipped the country without paying the necessary bribe to the authorities.
- Smuggling, bribery, protection rackets and the rise of criminal mafias are some of the common symptoms of rigidly controlled economies.
- The Prime Minister said his government would look at each case individually, but did not want to give a ‘bonus’ to the illegal immigration rackets.
- The police have become more assertive - sometimes for the sake of their own illegal rackets, sometimes for the sake of law enforcement.
- Instead, paramilitary gangs carve out fiefdoms to exploit drug-dealing and protection rackets, while young people look up to these criminals as role models.
- Their racket was laundering drug money through companies which traded in precious metals.
- One ex-pat Briton, who spent time in prison for illegal drink rackets, says a number of those arrested for the bombings and drink offences were linked to the cross-border smuggling of alcohol.
- The military has also been widely accused of involvement in arms running, people smuggling, drugs, illegal logging and extortion rackets.
- However, if the fakes racket is not contained the whole market could crash overnight, affecting galleries and artists alike.
- They are immersed in exploitation, extortion, and illegal rackets within prison walls.
criminal activity, illegal scheme/enterprise, fraud, fraudulent scheme, swindle, bit of sharp practiceinformal game, scam, rip-offBritish informal rampNorth American informal shakedown- 2.1 A person's line of business or way of life.行当，生计，职业I'm in the insurance racket
我从事保险。
- You had better have a darn good reason for any involvement in the casualty insurance racket.
- It's a strange business, this journalism racket.
- Initial conversation gives you the impression that this kid's just too nice to make it in the music business, this racket will chew him up and spit him out.
verbrackets, racketing, racketed ˈrakɪtˈrækət
1no object, with adverbial Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise.
喧嚷，大吵大闹trains racketed by火车呼啸而过。
2no object, with adverbial Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.
忙于社交应酬；寻欢作乐，花天酒地a fabulous car for racketing around Paris- That seems to have changed recently: there are hordes of them now, racketing around having a laugh and nipping off on expensive holidays and spa weekends.
- Most parents tend to freak out with one or two children racketing around the place during the holidays.
- And I was racketing around spiritually, trying to find answers.
Derivatives
rackety
- We led quite a rackety life when the children were growing up.
- He made no apologies for his rackety lifestyle, his liking for louche and even sleazy companions, his lavish consumption of cigars, brandy and champagne.
- Trains have the personality, the tension, the romance of all travel - of waiting-rooms and tea-rooms and the music of the rackety lurch.
- Mary, it turns out, has led a thoroughly rackety sort of life.
- Bletchley was quite inspiring: a lovely old manor house surrounded by some rackety and decrepit WWII-era huts, with some brick buildings as well.
adjective
Origin
Mid 16th century: perhaps imitative of clattering.
racket1
(also racquet)
nounˈrakətˈrækət
1A type of bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.
（尤指网球、羽毛球和软式墙网球的）球拍a squash racket- Unlike, say, a tennis racket or cricket bat, a snooker cue is thought irreplaceable by its owner.
- Court sports offer the opportunity to sell high-ticket items such as racquets and shoes, which can easily make $30 to $50 per sale.
- I shuffle my feet to make the shot, my grip on the racquet slippery from my perspiration.
- Their hand-eye coordination is excellent, as we can see in table tennis, badminton and other racquet sports.
- The Tennis racket by 1500 was no longer completely made of wood but consisted of a wooden handle with a sheep gut strung head.
- Boats, canoes, jetties, fishing rods and forgotten waterskis are among items recovered and sometimes reclaimed by owners, but the other day I found a tennis racquet.
- He seems to be playing the ball in sheer delight at the things he can do with it, playing with a racket whose strings are one moment cobweb, the next piano-wire.
- My father had a frying pan; Liam was holding a tennis racket and Derek was clutching a baseball bat.
- Tennis balls stay on the racket strings for only a few milliseconds and are several feet away by the time a signal from your hand can travel to your brain and back to generate a correction.
- She even broke my badminton racket to stop me from playing and prevent me from attending a match.
- He just seemed to be a nice chap who wanted to lend his racquet to a fellow tennis player in need.
- The challenges included running, catching, balancing tennis balls on rackets and practising ground strokes and volleys.
- At school, she was barely able to wield a badminton racket with any proficiency and here she was in a swordfight.
- Kapur had opportunities to win either of the first two games, but his racquet work deserted him when he ran out of gas in the third.
- Buy your children presents that encourage them to be active, such as racquets or roller skates.
- Anyway, I can't just go to some tennis court with my racquet and balls, I need someone to play with and that's why I need a club.
- He looks down at his tennis racquet, examining his strings.
- I stepped out of my house with my racquet and tennis ball.
- 1.1North American A snowshoe resembling a racket.〈主北美〉球拍形雪鞋
Origin
Early 16th century: from French raquette (see rackets).
racket2
nounˈrakətˈrækət
1in singular A loud unpleasant noise; a din.
喧嚷（声），吵闹（声）；骚闹，纷乱the kids were making a racket孩子们在大声喧哗。
- It turned out to be a large roost of house sparrows all trying to jam themselves into two small trees making a racket.
- They were making a hell of a racket, sounding somewhat like terns calling.
- Do you think that rock, hip hop, and jazz are all noise and racket?
- The light came on and the audience were on their feet, making a racket.
- More residents in Scotland say they are disturbed by the racket from nearby pubs than anywhere else in the UK.
- I woke up and there were crows outside my window, making a racket and causing the other birds to yell back at them.
- To the uninitiated this can sound like a sprawling racket, but the band insist each song is composed and arranged.
- I'm sure my neighbours must have loved me, since the noise it made could delicately be called an absolute racket.
- How do I keep my one-year-old cat from making a racket outside my bedroom door in the mornings?
- The faster form of river transport is the speedboat, machines that make so much noise as they roar by that passengers wear crash helmets to drown out the racket.
- The sound of my cell phone making a racket in my bag brought me back to reality.
- At this point the proceedings were suddenly interrupted by a cacophony of noise. Everybody turned to face the source of the racket.
- On top of this mess are those patented gorgeous two-part harmonies, uncharacteristically straining to make themselves heard over the racket.
- Double glazed windows designed to keep out the noise of the tramcars now block the worst racket from modern traffic.
- It was groaning and squealing, and making an awful racket.
- She has workmen in the house who are making a racket with drills and instead of talking in the sitting room, she suggests we go through the long garden at the rear of the house to her husband's more peaceful, spacious music room.
- But, oh, the noise, the deafening racket - it was almost enough to deter us form returning again anytime soon.
- Buskers used to be arrested for making a racket for the sake of the price of a cup of tea.
- The guys were making a racket and amid the commotion were cries of victory.
- Anyway, to return to my story, the sprog has absolutely no concept of time and wakes up at odd times during the night and starts making a racket.
noise, din, hubbub, clamour, row, uproar, hullabaloo, tumult, commotion, rumpus, fracas, pandemonium, clangour, brouhaha, disturbance- 1.1archaic The noise and liveliness of fashionable society.〈古〉（上流社会）热闹的社交；欢宴；花天酒地，恣意作乐
2informal An illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money.
〈非正式〉敲诈勒索；诈骗；骗局；非法勾当a protection racket收取保护费的黑社会勾当。
- The army, on the other hand, is notorious for its protection rackets and other illegal activities in the province.
- The Prime Minister said his government would look at each case individually, but did not want to give a ‘bonus’ to the illegal immigration rackets.
- Small and medium enterprises are harassed by the state or gangsters' rackets.
- The police have become more assertive - sometimes for the sake of their own illegal rackets, sometimes for the sake of law enforcement.
- One ex-pat Briton, who spent time in prison for illegal drink rackets, says a number of those arrested for the bombings and drink offences were linked to the cross-border smuggling of alcohol.
- Together they offer protection to other rackets in town while running their own illegal enterprises.
- Their racket was laundering drug money through companies which traded in precious metals.
- Smuggling, bribery, protection rackets and the rise of criminal mafias are some of the common symptoms of rigidly controlled economies.
- It was only later that he learned that one of his neighbours had been running an illegal drinks racket and had skipped the country without paying the necessary bribe to the authorities.
- They are immersed in exploitation, extortion, and illegal rackets within prison walls.
- Inevitably, the bad guys are now cashing in - bringing everything from in-game fraud and protection rackets to gang-controlled digital brothels.
- They unexpectedly realise their dreams when they turn their jobs delivering free newspapers into an illegal racket.
- Instead, paramilitary gangs carve out fiefdoms to exploit drug-dealing and protection rackets, while young people look up to these criminals as role models.
- The rule of law is fragile, with gangs of thugs running protection rackets in many cities, in the absence of a reliable police force.
- He warned in certain parts of the country it has created the risk of illegal protection rackets growing up.
- His organisation is motivated by money - from protection rackets and drugs.
- In the brothel and nightclub strip, crime bosses got the green light to organise prostitution and illegal gambling rackets.
- The military has also been widely accused of involvement in arms running, people smuggling, drugs, illegal logging and extortion rackets.
- However, if the fakes racket is not contained the whole market could crash overnight, affecting galleries and artists alike.
- Their gang, The Firm, established a Mafia-style grip on the city's criminal underworld in the 1960s, specialising in protection and extortion rackets.
criminal activity, illegal enterprise, illegal scheme, fraud, fraudulent scheme, swindle, bit of sharp practice- 2.1 A person's line of business or way of life.行当，生计，职业I'm in the insurance racket
我从事保险。
- It's a strange business, this journalism racket.
- You had better have a darn good reason for any involvement in the casualty insurance racket.
- Initial conversation gives you the impression that this kid's just too nice to make it in the music business, this racket will chew him up and spit him out.
verbˈrakətˈrækət
[no object]1Make a loud unpleasant noise.
喧嚷（声），吵闹（声）；骚闹，纷乱trains racketed by火车呼啸而过。
- 1.1racket around Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.忙于社交应酬；寻欢作乐，花天酒地
- And I was racketing around spiritually, trying to find answers.
- That seems to have changed recently: there are hordes of them now, racketing around having a laugh and nipping off on expensive holidays and spa weekends.
- Most parents tend to freak out with one or two children racketing around the place during the holidays.
- 1.1racket around Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.
Origin
Mid 16th century: perhaps imitative of clattering.
- put on some speed
- put on tape/video/cassette
- put on (the) air
- put on the air
- put on the air/airwaves
- put on the alert
- put on the back burner
- put on the block
- put on the brakes
- put on the carpet
- put on the dog
- put on the dog
- put on their mettle
- put on the line
- put on the long finger
- put on the map
- put on the market
- put on the mat
- put on the payroll
- put on the qui vive
- put on the rack
- put on the ritz
- put on the ritz
- put on the sick list
- put on the spot