racket
/ˈrækɪt/noun
उच्चारण रैकिट
रैकेट; शोर; अवैध धंधा
Basic word
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[C]
a piece of sports equipment used for hitting the ball in tennis, badminton; (informal) a loud unpleasant noise; a dishonest or illegal way of getting money
रैकेट; शोर; अवैध धंधा
- a tennis racket
- What a racket!
- a drug racket
+ 3 more examples
- He bought a new badminton racket for the tournament.
- The builders next door are making such a racket today.
- Police broke up a racket that sold fake tickets.
◇Word family
?Which word?
Homonym, asked often: racket means a sports bat, a loud noise and an illegal business ('an extortion racket').
Homonym अक्सर पूछा जाता है: racket का अर्थ खेल का बल्ला, ज़ोरदार शोर और अवैध धंधा है ('an extortion racket', जबरन वसूली का धंधा)।
Keep the noise words: racket, din (a loud unpleasant noise that continues), clamour, uproar, cacophony (an unpleasant mixture of loud sounds), hubbub.
शोर के शब्द याद रखिए: racket, din (लगातार ज़ोरदार अप्रिय शोर), clamour, uproar, cacophony (ज़ोरदार ध्वनियों का अप्रिय मिश्रण, कर्कश ध्वनि), hubbub।
§Grammar and usage
Sports: a racket is used in tennis, badminton and squash; a bat in cricket and table tennis (also called a paddle); a stick in hockey.
खेल में racket टेनिस, बैडमिंटन और स्क्वैश में; bat क्रिकेट और टेबल टेनिस में (paddle भी); stick हॉकी में प्रयुक्त होता है।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who makes money through illegal activities is a racketeer; the activity is racketeering.
अवैध गतिविधियों से पैसा कमाने वाला racketeer; गतिविधि racketeering।