racket
Commotion or con
Racket has two distinct origins.
One is a loud, disturbing noise or commotion: The neighbors were making quite a racket.
Extended, it means a dishonest scheme or fraudulent business: a protection racket, What a racket—charging that much for parking.
The other racket is the stringed implement for striking a ball in tennis, badminton, or squash.
Also spelled racquet for the sporting equipment.
Racquet sport with shuttlecocks
- squashFlatten by pressure
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- ping-pongMiniature tennis on table
- racquetballIndoor wall-bouncing sport
pickleball · table tennis · paddle · shuttlecock · forehand · backhand · serve · volley
Sustained unpleasant noise
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- clamorLoud persistent noise
- cacophonyHarsh, clashing sounds
- hubbubLoud, confused noise
ruckus · uproar · pandemonium · tumult · bedlam · clatter · banging · clanging
badminton
Racquet sport with shuttlecocks
racquetball · pickleball · table tennis · paddle · shuttlecock · forehand · backhand · serve · volley · smash
din
Sustained unpleasant noise
hubbub · ruckus · uproar · pandemonium · tumult · bedlam · clatter · banging · clanging · disturbance
swindle
Deception for financial gain
hustle · extortion · shakedown · protection · organized crime · mob · mafia · syndicate · grift · flimflam
strings
Thin flexible lines
handle · graphite · tension · sweet spot · overgrip · dampener · stringing · restring · lightweight · balance
- commotioncommotion, clamor, brouhaha, bedlam, hullabaloo
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- loud soundsloud, scream, yell, thunderous, screaming
- Racquet Sportssquash, ball, serve, volley, doubles
- sports gearbasketball, baseball, football, soccer ball, volleyball
- Badmintonshuttlecock, smash, serve, drop shot, net
rackethonest work
Legitimate, ethical employment
honest living · ethical business · fair dealing · charity · charitable organization
- tennis racketStringed hitting implement for court sport
- protection racketsExtortion through threatened violence
- making a racket
- numbers racketsIllegal betting on digits
- racket sportGame played with strung frame
- badminton racketTool for hitting shuttlecocks
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