noun

racket

Translation

racquet, noise, din, illegal scheme

I need a new tennis racket.

I need a new tennis racquet.

Stop making such a racket!

The police broke up the protection racket.

((a tennis/squash/badminton racket)) a piece of equipment for a sport I bought a new squash racket.

((to make a racket)) to make a lot of noise The children were making a racket upstairs.

((a protection/drug racket)) an illegal scheme He was involved in a drug racket.

Synonyms: (noise) din, clamour, uproar; (scheme) scam, fraud

From French 'raquette' (palm of the hand). The sense of 'noise' is likely onomatopoeic. The illegal scheme sense is from the 1920s.

Imagine a tennis player making a loud 'racket' (noise) with their 'racket' (sports gear) as part of an illegal 'racket' (scheme).