Racket Definition
- lay
- push
- game
- shakedown
- scam
- lawlessness
- dodge
- illegitimate undertaking
- dishonest game
- trick
- graft
- illicit scheme
- organized crime
- bootlegging
- embezzlement
- wassail
- jollify
- make happy
- make-merry
- make whoopie
- revel
- whoop-it-up
Origin of Racket
Derived from the Scottish Gaelic "bataireachd" which is defined alternatively as "1.Cudgelling. 2 Idleness. 3 Lounging. 4 Making a rattling noise." according to Dwelly, 1910. Dwelly uses this phrase in defining "bataireachd" - "Is ann ort a tha a' bhataireachd! what a noise you are making!" The word "bhataireachd" sounds anglophonically like "vat a racket."
From Wiktionary
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Middle English raket a kind of handball from Old French rachette palm of the hand, racket from Medieval Latin rascheta palm from Arabic rāḥat (al-yad) palm (of the hand) bound form of rāḥa rḥ in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English raket
From Wiktionary
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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