racket

raquette

Cadre muni de cordes et d’un manche, utilisé pour frapper une balle ou un volant dans certains sports.

En anglais simple : A handled frame with strings, used to hit a ball or small feathered object in sports.

• I need a new tennis racket.
• She hit the ball with her racket.
• Where did you leave your badminton rackets?

Synonymes : racquet

Expressions courantes : tennis racket, badminton racket, racket handle

vacarme, boucan

Bruit fort et désagréable, souvent produit par plusieurs personnes ou objets.

En anglais simple : A loud, unpleasant noise, often made by several people or things.

• Stop making that racket!
• The builders made a terrible racket outside.
• What was all that racket upstairs?

Synonymes : din, clamor, noise

Contraires : silence

Expressions courantes : make a racket, terrible racket, stop that racket

trafic, escroquerie

Activité illégale pour gagner de l’argent, souvent par la tromperie ou les menaces.

En anglais simple : An illegal way of making money, often through cheating or threats.

• The gang ran a protection racket.
• Police uncovered an illegal gambling racket.
• Several officials were involved in the racket.

Synonymes : scam, swindle

Expressions courantes : protection racket, drug racket, run a racket

frapper avec une raquette

Frapper quelque chose avec une raquette ou d’une manière similaire.

En anglais simple : To hit something with a sports racket or in a similar way.

• He racketed the ball across the court.
• She tried to racket it over the net.
• They racketed the ball back and forth.

Synonymes : hit, strike

Expressions courantes : racket a ball, racket something across

cliqueter

Produire une suite de bruits secs, forts et répétés.

En anglais simple : To make a loud series of hard, sharp noises.

• The cart racketed along the road.
• Loose shutters racketed in the wind.
• Old machines racketed through the night.

Synonymes : clatter, rattle

Expressions courantes : racket along, racket through something