Racket
noun
A loud annoying noise.
The construction site next door made such a racket that I couldn't study.
Often appears as...
- make a racket
- what a racket
noun
A dishonest or illegal plan or activity.
He was arrested for running a racket smuggling rare animals.
Often appears as...
- run a racket
- caught in the racket
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Disapproving
noun
A piece of sports equipment with a handle and an oval frame with a tight interlaced network of strings used to hit balls in various games.
His tennis racket broke during the match.
Often appears as...
- tennis racket
- badminton racket
noun
A loud annoying noise.
The construction site next door made such a racket that I couldn't study.
Often appears as...
- make a racket
- what a racket
noun
A dishonest or illegal plan or activity.
He was arrested for running a racket smuggling rare animals.
Often appears as...
- run a racket
- caught in the racket
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A piece of sports equipment with a handle and an oval frame with a tight interlaced network of strings used to hit balls in various games.
His tennis racket broke during the match.
Often appears as...
- tennis racket
- badminton racket
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Disturbing Noise
Refers to sounds that are disruptive, often unexpectedly loud or chaotic.
Please turn down the music; it's a real racket in here!
Pro Tip 2/3Express Frustration
Used to voice irritation about noise, emphasizing the speaker's annoyance.
I need to move away from this street; the traffic racket is unbearable!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole
Sometimes used for humor or to exaggerate how loud something really is.
Even with earplugs, the party next door was still a horrendous racket.
Pro Tip 1/3Disturbing Noise
Refers to sounds that are disruptive, often unexpectedly loud or chaotic.
Please turn down the music; it's a real racket in here!
Pro Tip 2/3Express Frustration
Used to voice irritation about noise, emphasizing the speaker's annoyance.
I need to move away from this street; the traffic racket is unbearable!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole
Sometimes used for humor or to exaggerate how loud something really is.
Even with earplugs, the party next door was still a horrendous racket.
Pro Tip 1/3Disturbing Noise
Refers to sounds that are disruptive, often unexpectedly loud or chaotic.
Please turn down the music; it's a real racket in here!
Pro Tip 2/3Express Frustration
Used to voice irritation about noise, emphasizing the speaker's annoyance.
I need to move away from this street; the traffic racket is unbearable!
Pro Tip 3/3Hyperbole
Sometimes used for humor or to exaggerate how loud something really is.
Even with earplugs, the party next door was still a horrendous racket.
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Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
and I was conscious of the fact that what my parents were giving me was something unique. Because all of my best school friends were getting dolled up to get married with a lot of dowry, and here I was with a tennis racket and going to school and doing all kinds of extracurricular activities. I thought I must tell you this. Why I said this, is the background.
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Tales from a modern...
really crazy the logic the reasoning was that they were a game of chance in that skill and thus gambling they're also viewed as a mob racket and just as morally corrupting evil almost satanic influence that would destroy children's minds it was a really just kind of crazy moral crisis and there was no greater
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Why healthy bones are...
However, some people may need supplements. Another important factor for bone health is exercise. Mechanical loading stimulates the cells that build bone and muscles pulling on the bone may do this as well. In fact, any activity that puts stress on your bones, like walking, jogging, dancing, racket sports,
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Wii remote hacks PIPE...
And it's mostly advertised for its motion-sensing so you can swing a tennis racket, or hit a baseball bat. But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high-performing infrared camera.
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Flight Of The Conchords...
allo beautiful lady ladies having a picnic classic summer yet bit of racket sports records based sports especially those prepared to expand their diet and who's this interesting character that is that's a bird with the legs of a witch
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The dirty secret of...
And by pretending that the giant imbalance in power between capital and labor doesn't exist, neoliberal economic theory became essentially a protection racket for the rich. The third assumption, and by far the most pernicious,
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What is metallic glass?...
the list goes on. Metallic glasses also have an incredible ability to store and release elastic energy, which makes them perfect for sports equipment, like tennis racquets, golf clubs, and skis. They're resistant to corrosion,
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Prison Predators PIPE...
Crips rackets include extortion gambling and drugs well that's the life of a convict you got to survive in this institution and basically survive when you're not free is by all means then and
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Search and Rescue, Part...
the nest is a sure sign the orangutan spent the night here and the rescue team aren't short of young helpers but with this racket going on it's hard to
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This Little Sun Bear's...
i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket
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Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
and I was conscious of the fact that what my parents were giving me was something unique. Because all of my best school friends were getting dolled up to get married with a lot of dowry, and here I was with a tennis racket and going to school and doing all kinds of extracurricular activities. I thought I must tell you this. Why I said this, is the background.
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Tales from a modern...
really crazy the logic the reasoning was that they were a game of chance in that skill and thus gambling they're also viewed as a mob racket and just as morally corrupting evil almost satanic influence that would destroy children's minds it was a really just kind of crazy moral crisis and there was no greater
Video examples
Why healthy bones are...
However, some people may need supplements. Another important factor for bone health is exercise. Mechanical loading stimulates the cells that build bone and muscles pulling on the bone may do this as well. In fact, any activity that puts stress on your bones, like walking, jogging, dancing, racket sports,
Video examples
Wii remote hacks PIPE...
And it's mostly advertised for its motion-sensing so you can swing a tennis racket, or hit a baseball bat. But what actually interests me a lot more is the fact that in the tip of each controller is a relatively high-performing infrared camera.
Video examples
Flight Of The Conchords...
allo beautiful lady ladies having a picnic classic summer yet bit of racket sports records based sports especially those prepared to expand their diet and who's this interesting character that is that's a bird with the legs of a witch
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
And by pretending that the giant imbalance in power between capital and labor doesn't exist, neoliberal economic theory became essentially a protection racket for the rich. The third assumption, and by far the most pernicious,
Video examples
What is metallic glass?...
the list goes on. Metallic glasses also have an incredible ability to store and release elastic energy, which makes them perfect for sports equipment, like tennis racquets, golf clubs, and skis. They're resistant to corrosion,
Video examples
Prison Predators PIPE...
Crips rackets include extortion gambling and drugs well that's the life of a convict you got to survive in this institution and basically survive when you're not free is by all means then and
Video examples
Search and Rescue, Part...
the nest is a sure sign the orangutan spent the night here and the rescue team aren't short of young helpers but with this racket going on it's hard to
Video examples
This Little Sun Bear's...
i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John C. Reilly
American Actor
This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.
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Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her racket against a rock. That got my attention. I didn't know I was going deaf, I thought people were talking too softly.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.
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Victoria Pendleton
British Athlete
You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.
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Max Weinberg
American Musician
I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.
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Gael Monfils
French Athlete
Make no mistake, shoes are very important, almost as important as the racket. You need to feel comfortable; you need to be supported by the shoes.
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Smedley Butler
American Soldier
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.
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Harry Reasoner
American Journalist
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
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Nick Tosches
American Journalist
Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.
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Joe Mantegna
American Actor
I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.
Quote examples
John C. Reilly
American Actor
This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.
Quote examples
Lorne Greene
Canadian Actor
I finally got help after a tennis match with my wife. I couldn't hear her across the net. She finally smashed her racket against a rock. That got my attention. I didn't know I was going deaf, I thought people were talking too softly.
Quote examples
Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.
Quote examples
Victoria Pendleton
British Athlete
You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.
Quote examples
Max Weinberg
American Musician
I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.
Quote examples
Gael Monfils
French Athlete
Make no mistake, shoes are very important, almost as important as the racket. You need to feel comfortable; you need to be supported by the shoes.
Quote examples
Smedley Butler
American Soldier
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it.
Quote examples
Harry Reasoner
American Journalist
Journalism is a kind of profession, or craft, or racket, for people who never wanted to grow up and go out into the real world.
Quote examples
Nick Tosches
American Journalist
Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket.
Quote examples
Joe Mantegna
American Actor
I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.
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