racket

Noun

• 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

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
  • modern music is just noise to me
    

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

• a loud and disturbing noise

Verb

• hit (a ball) with a racket

• make loud and annoying noises

• 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!
    

Related words

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