Crossword-Solution: RACKET
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Racket | n. | A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games. |
| Racket | n. | A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. |
| Racket | n. | A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. |
| Racket | n. | A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. |
| Racket | v. t. | To strike with, or as with, a racket. |
| Racket | n. | Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport. |
| Racket | n. | A carouse; any reckless dissipation. |
| Racket | v. i. | To make a confused noise or racket. |
| Racket | v. i. | To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. |
| Racket | v. i. | To carouse or engage in dissipation. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RACKET | anagram | RETACK, TACKER |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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Sentences with RACKET (5)
There was nothing for it but to stand our ground and take our medicine, though, from the hideous racket which now assailed our ears, and for which that first roar had seemed to be the signal, I judged that we must be in the midst of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of the fierce, man-eating denizens of the Kaolian jungle.
Some sung out “Tear down the fence! tear down the fence!” Then there was a racket of ripping and tearing and smashing, and down she goes, and the front wall of the crowd begins to roll in like a wave.
And now, being a trifle choleric in his temperament, the lieutenant-governor uplifted the heavy hilt of his sword, wherewith he so beat and banged upon the door, that, as some of the bystanders whispered, the racket might have disturbed the dead.
They made a tremendous racket as they passed through the trees in an endeavor to suggest to enemies in their front that a great herd was approaching, for when the baboons travel in large numbers there is no jungle creature who cares to molest them.
Nat he jumped in and slammed the door, and away they went a-ripping and a-tearing over the roughest road a body ever see, and the racket of it was something awful.
Quotes with RACKET (3)
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
Perhaps this general degradation was the result of too much crowding, too little privacy, too much noise. You couldn't be decent if you weren't intelligent; you couldn't be intelligent if you couldn't think — and who could think in all this racket? Add the stench to the confusion of cramped quarters, and who could be self-respecting?
The devil invites mankind to rebellion and disorder. With his litany of subterfuges, he sows discord and incites us to pour out our hatred upon each other. "Old Scratch" always makes noise and a lot of racket so as to prevent us from resting in God. The devil will not be able to reach us in the stronghold of silence. Let us guard against multiplying sins by satisfying our little egotistical or revolutionary passions.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 61 times in crossword archives (1950–2024).