verb celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking.
— synonyms: revel, make_whoopie, make_merry, make_happy, whoop_it_up, jollify, wassail
verb make loud and annoying noises.
verb hit (a ball) with a racket.
noun a loud and disturbing noise.
noun an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
— synonyms: fraudulent_scheme, illegitimate_enterprise
noun the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality.
— synonyms: noise, dissonance
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.
— synonyms: racquet
Examples
“Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.”
“They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.”