| racket | | |
| n. (event) | 1. racket | a loud and disturbing noise. |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| n. (act) | 2. fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise, racket | an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit. |
| ~ endeavor, endeavour, enterprise | a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).; "he had doubts about the whole enterprise" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. dissonance, noise, racket | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.; "modern music is just noise to me" |
| ~ auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. racket, racquet | 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. |
| ~ badminton racket, badminton racquet, battledore | a light long-handled racket used by badminton players. |
| ~ crosse | a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse. |
| ~ face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ sports implement | an implement used in a sport. |
| ~ squash racket, squash racquet, bat | a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash. |
| ~ tennis racket, tennis racquet | a racket used to play tennis. |
| v. (social) | 5. jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopie, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up | 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!" |
| ~ fete, celebrate | have a celebration.; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" |
| ~ carouse, roister, riot | engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.; "They were out carousing last night" |
| v. (perception) | 6. racket | make loud and annoying noises. |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| v. (contact) | 7. racket | hit (a ball) with a racket. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ hit | cause to move by striking.; "hit a ball" |
| rocket | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. projectile, rocket | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. |
| ~ missile | a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control. |
| ~ multistage rocket, step rocket | a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted. |
| ~ rocket engine, rocket | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion. |
| ~ research rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocket | a rocket fired for test purposes. |
| ~ vehicle | a conveyance that transports people or objects. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. rocket, rocket engine | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion. |
| ~ booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket, booster | the first stage of a multistage rocket. |
| ~ jet engine | a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion. |
| ~ nuclear rocket | a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant. |
| ~ retrorocket | a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course. |
| ~ rocket, projectile | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. |
| ~ space rocket | a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space. |
| ~ thruster | a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft. |
| n. (plant) | 3. arugula, eruca sativa, eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad, roquette | erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender. |
| ~ eruca, genus eruca | annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| n. (communication) | 4. rocket, skyrocket | propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon. |
| ~ visual signal | a signal that involves visual communication. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. rocket, skyrocket | sends a firework display high into the sky. |
| ~ firework, pyrotechnic | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.. |
| v. (motion) | 6. rocket, skyrocket | shoot up abruptly, like a rocket.; "prices skyrocketed" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| v. (contact) | 7. rocket | propel with a rocket. |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
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