1. A clattering noise or excitement: Luis could hear quite a racket in the hall and wondered what was going on.
2. An illegal scheme or enterprise involving fraud: Patricia was a member of a criminal racket.
3. Lightweight sports equipment consisting of a handle at one end and a net of thread or gut in an oval shape at the other end which is, for example, typically used to bat a badminton shuttlecock back and forth with an opponent: Antonio uses an aluminum racket which has helped to improve his tennis game considerably.

1. To celebrate in a loud, boisterous manner: After the game Earl and Jim plan to racket down the street to the pub.
2. To hit a ball or shuttlecock back and forth between players: Tamika and her sister racket a badminton birdie every day for an hour.

An alternative spelling for "racket", usually occurring in the plural to refer to a game involving two to four players; including, a racket (racquet), a ball, and played within a walled court: Victor grabbed his racquet and dashed to the tennis courts to play for an hour with his brother.