Racket vs. Scam

Racketnoun

(countable) A racquet: an implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.

Scamnoun

A fraudulent deal.

‘That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.’;

Racketnoun

(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

Scamnoun

Something that is promoted using scams.

‘That car was a scam.’;

Racketnoun

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

Scamverb

(transitive) To defraud or embezzle.

‘They tried to scam her out of her savings.’;

Racketnoun

A loud noise.

‘Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.’; ‘With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!’; ‘What's all this racket?’;

Scamnoun

a fraudulent business scheme

Racketnoun

A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit.

‘They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.’;

Scamverb

deprive of by deceit;

‘He swindled me out of my inheritance’; ‘She defrauded the customers who trusted her’; ‘the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change’;

Racketnoun

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Racketnoun

Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

Racketverb

To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

Racketverb

(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.

Racketverb

To be dissipated; to carouse.

Racketnoun

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.

‘Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket.’;

Racketnoun

A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.

Racketnoun

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

Racketnoun

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

Racketnoun

confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

Racketnoun

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Racketnoun

A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket.

Racketnoun

an organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.

Racketverb

To strike with, or as with, a racket.

‘Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.’;

Racketverb

To make a confused noise or racket.

Racketverb

To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

Racketverb

To carouse or engage in dissipation.

Racketnoun

a loud and disturbing noise

Racketnoun

an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

Racketnoun

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;

‘modern music is just noise to me’;

Racketnoun

a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

Racketverb

celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;

‘The members of the wedding party made merry all night’; ‘Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!’;

Racketverb

make loud and annoying noises

Racketverb

hit (a ball) with a racket

Racketnoun

a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash

‘a squash racket’;

Racketnoun

a snowshoe resembling a racket.

Racketnoun

a loud unpleasant noise; a din

‘the kids were making a racket’;

Racketnoun

the noise and liveliness of fashionable society.

Racketnoun

an illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money

‘a protection racket’;

Racketnoun

a person's line of business or way of life

‘I'm in the insurance racket’;

Racketverb

make or move with a loud unpleasant noise

‘trains racketed by’;

Racketverb

enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment

‘a fabulous car for racketing around Paris’;