rackets
Frauds or court gear
Rackets is the plural of racket in all its senses: sports equipment for striking balls, loud disturbing noises, or fraudulent schemes.
A separate but related meaning: rackets (also spelled racquets) is a ball game played with rackets in a four-walled court, a precursor to squash.
He learned rackets at boarding school.
Racquet sport with shuttlecocks
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- squashFlatten by pressure
- racquetballIndoor wall-bouncing sport
- pickleballPaddle court game, perforated ball
paddleball · table tennis · fives · jai alai · platform tennis · pelota
Dishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
- rip-offGrossly overpriced exchange
scheme · con · hustle · shakedown · protection · smuggling · bootlegging · loan sharking
Sustained unpleasant noise
- clamorLoud persistent noise
- commotionNoisy, confused disturbance
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
- hubbubLoud, confused noise
ruckus · pandemonium · tumult · cacophony · disturbance · clatter · hullabaloo · brouhaha
badminton
Racquet sport with shuttlecocks
- tennisRacquet sport over net
- squashFlatten by pressure
- racquetballIndoor wall-bouncing sport
pickleball · paddleball · table tennis · fives · jai alai · platform tennis · pelota
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
rip-off · scheme · con · hustle · shakedown · protection · smuggling · bootlegging · loan sharking · numbers
din
Sustained unpleasant noise
hubbub · ruckus · pandemonium · tumult · cacophony · disturbance · clatter · hullabaloo · brouhaha · row
forehand
Palm-outward racket stroke
lob · smash · slice · topspin · dropshot · overhead · drive · chop · flick · block
strings
Thin flexible lines
shaft · sweet spot · tension · graphite · gut · nylon · overgrip · dampener · grommet · throat
- tennis trainingserve, forehand, backhand, volley, groundstrokes
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- tennisace, serve, forehand, backhand, volley
- folk sportshighland games, Highland games, hurling, shinty, Gaelic football
- Old Sportschariot racing, jousting, bare-knuckle boxing, prizefighting, pugilism
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- 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