Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RACK'ET, n.¹ [This word belongs to the root of crack, Fr. craquer. See Rocket.]

1. A confused, clattering noise, less loud than uproar; supplied to the confused sounds of animal voices, or such voices mixed with other sound. We say, the children make a racket; the racket of a flock of fowls.
2. Clamor; noisy talk. – Swift.