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rack⋅et

1  [rak-it]
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–noun
1. a loud noise or clamor, esp. of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar: The traffic made a terrible racket in the street below.
2. social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.
3. an organized illegal activity, such as bootlegging or the extortion of money from legitimate business people by threat or violence.
4. a dishonest scheme, trick, business, activity, etc.: the latest weight-reducing racket.
5. Usually, the rackets. organized illegal activities: Some say that the revenue from legalized gambling supports the rackets.
6. Slang.
a. an occupation, livelihood, or business.
b. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
–verb (used without object)
7. to make a racket or noise.
8. to take part in social gaiety or dissipation.
Origin:
1555–65; 1890–95 for def. 6; metathetic var. of dial. rattick; see rattle 1

Synonyms:
1. tumult, disturbance, outcry. See noise.

Antonyms:
1, 2. tranquillity.
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rack·et 2   (rāk'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A loud distressing noise. See Synonyms at noise.

  2. A dishonest business or practice, especially one that obtains money through fraud or extortion.

    1. An easy, profitable means of livelihood.

    2. Slang A business or occupation.

intr.v.   rack·et·ed, rack·et·ing, rack·ets

  1. To make or move with a loud distressing noise.

  2. To lead an active social life.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
racket

  1. n.
    noise. : Cut out that racket! Shut up!
  2. n.
    a deception; a scam. : This is not a service station; it's a real racket!
  3. n.
    any job. : I've been in this racket for twenty years and never made any money.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

racket  (1)
"loud noise," 1565, said to be imitative. Meaning "dishonest activity" (1785) is perhaps from racquet, via notion of "game," reinforced by rack-rent "extortionate rent" (1591), from rack (1). Racketeer (v. and n.) first recorded 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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