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racket (plural rackets)

  1. (may be used with or without an article, but is not in the plural) 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. (countable; also spelled 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 .
  3. A fraud or swindle ; an illegal scheme for profit
    They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.

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loud noise

implement

fraud

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