racket

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) 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 shuttlecock in badminton.
2. (Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
3. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

Verb

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a clattering noise.
2. (dated, intransitive) To be dissipated; to carouse.

Synonyms

noise

din

racquet

uproar

row

commotion

bat

🦇

stir

tumult

hubbub

club

stick

sensation

loud noise

ballyhoo

clamor

paddle

fuss

dissonance

business

make happy

bluster

make whoopie

whoop it up

make merry

fraudulent scheme

wassail

jollify

illegitimate enterprise

ruckus

clamour

sound

🔉

fracas

revel

roar

noisiness

disturbance

cacophony

disagreement

bash

dim

defeat

boom

💥

contraband

confusion

bang

argument

nail

noisy

mint

Translations

raqueta

raquette

Schläger

vacarme

racchetta

baccano

fracasso

raquete

Krach

chiasso

schiamazzo

bruit

θόρυβος

ρακέτα

raqueta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹækɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: raket

Cognate with Middle French: rachette

In summary

From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin.
Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”).
Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).