racket

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.

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

A loud noise.

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

A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.

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

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

To make a clattering noise.

To be dissipated; to carouse.