rackets

Noun

• a loud and disturbing noise
• an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
• 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
• plural of racket
• Organized crime.
• The game of racquets.

Verb

• celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
• make loud and annoying noises
• hit (a ball) with a racket

Synonyms

dissonance, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, noise, racket, racquet, revel, wassail, whoop it up