racket, n.
(rackets)
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(rackets)
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an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
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fraudulent scheme illegitimate enterprise racket
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fraudulent scheme illegitimate enterprise racket
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a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games
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racket racquet
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racket racquet
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badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore
crosse
squash racket, squash racquet, bat
tennis racket, tennis racquet
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hypernym
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
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dissonance noise racket
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dissonance noise racket
sample sentences
"modern music is just noise to me"
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