## Meanings
1. A bat with a round frame and tight strings, used to hit the ball in tennis, badminton, or squash.
2. A loud, unpleasant noise.
3. A dishonest way of making money.

## Examples
- He bought a new tennis racket before the tournament.
- The children were making such a racket that I couldn't think.
- The police shut down a drug-smuggling racket last week.

## Derived Forms
- racket-tail
- racketball
- racketbuster
- racketbusting
- racketeer
- racketeering
- racketlike
- racketry
- rackety

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: raket
- Root: رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد
- Root: raketsen
- Root: rachasser

## Etymology
From Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”).

## AI Etymology
Racket comes from Middle English raket, of uncertain origin. Possibly cognate with Middle French rachette, requette (“palm of the hand”). From Arabic رَاحَةْ اَلْيَد (rāḥat al-yad, “palm of the hand”). Alternatively, the term might be derived from Dutch raketsen instead, from Middle French rachasser (“to strike (the ball) back”). Modern senses include a bat with a round frame and tight strings, used to hit the ball in tennis, badminton, or squash. and a loud, unpleasant noise.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as racket-tail, racketball, racketbuster, racketbusting, racketeer, and racketeering.

## Topics
- Senses & Perception
- Sports & Fitness

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