Dream Dictionary

Racket

To hear a racket in your dream, signifies disappointments after being let down in some anticipated pleasure.

Dictionary definition

  • n. 1: a loud and disturbing noise
  • 2: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise]
  • 3: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" [syn: noise, dissonance, racket]
  • 4: 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 [syn: racket, racquet]
  • v. 1: 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!" [syn: revel, racket, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail]
  • 2: make loud and annoying noises
  • 3: hit (a ball) with a racket