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racket
noun
1 racket
A loud and disturbing noise.
Roget 315:
agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion†,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver,
dance;
jactitation†,
quassation†;
shuffling
etc.
v.;
twitter,
flicker,
flutter.
turbulence,
perturbation;
commotion,
turmoil,
disquiet;
tumult,
tumultuation†;
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus†,
staggers,
megrims,
epilepsy,
fits;
carphology†,
chorea,
floccillation†,
the jerks,
St. Vitus's dance,
tilmus†.
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion.
disturbance,
chaos
etc.
(disorder)
59;
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149.
ferment,
fermentation;
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly,
cahotage†;
tempest,
storm,
ground swell,
heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex
etc.
312;
whirlwind
etc.
(wind)
349.
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Roget 407:
roll
etc.
v.;
drumming
etc.
v.;
berloque†,
bombination†,
rumbling;
tattoo,
drumroll;
dingdong;
tantara†;
rataplan†;
whirr;
ratatat,
ratatat-tat;
rubadub;
pitapat;
quaver,
clutter,
charivari†,
racket;
cuckoo;
repetition
etc.
104;
peal of bells,
devil's tattoo;
reverberation
etc.
408.
[sound of railroad train rolling on rails]
clickety-clack.
hum,
purr.
[animals that hum]
hummingbird.
[animals that purr]
cat,
kitten
(animal sounds)
412.
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Dutch: herrie, kabaal, lawaai, leven
2 racket
3 racket
The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
synonyms: dissonance, noise.
Roget 713:
disagreement
etc.
24;
discord,
disaccord†,
dissidence,
dissonance;
jar,
clash,
shock;
jarring,
jostling
etc.
v.;
screw loose.
variance,
difference,
dissension,
misunderstanding,
cross purposes,
odds,
brouillerie [Fr.];
division,
split,
rupture,
disruption,
division in the camp,
house divided against itself,
disunion,
breach;
schism
etc.
(dissent)
489;
feud,
faction.
quarrel,
dispute,
tiff,
tracasserie†,
squabble,
altercation,
barney [Slang],
demel_e,
snarl,
spat,
towrow†,
words,
high words;
wrangling
etc.
v.;
jangle,
brabble†,
cross questions and crooked answers,
snip-snap;
family jars.
polemics;
litigation;
strife
etc.
(contention)
720;
warfare
etc.
722;
outbreak,
open rupture,
declaration of war.
broil,
brawl,
row,
racket,
hubbub,
rixation†;
embroilment,
embranglement†,
imbroglio,
fracas,
breach of the peace,
piece of work [Fr.],
scrimmage,
rumpus;
breeze,
squall;
riot,
disturbance
etc.
(disorder)
59;
commotion
etc.
(agitation)
315;
bear garden,
Donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair.
subject of dispute,
ground of quarrel,
battle ground,
disputed point;
bone of contention,
bone to pick;
apple of discord,
casus belli [Lat.];
question at issue
etc.
(subject of inquiry)
461;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
brand of discord.
troublous times†;
cat-and-dog life;
contentiousness
etc.
adj.;
enmity
etc.
889;
hate
etc.
898;
Kilkenny cats;
disputant
etc.
710;
strange bedfellows.
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Roget 404:
loudness,
power;
loud noise,
din;
blare;
clang,
clangor;
clatter,
noise,
bombilation†,
roar,
uproar,
racket,
hubbub,
bobbery†,
fracas,
charivari†,
trumpet blast,
flourish of trumpets,
fanfare,
tintamarre†,
peal,
swell,
blast,
larum†,
boom;
bang
(explosion)
406;
resonance
etc.
408.
vociferation,
hullabaloo,
etc.
411;
lungs;
Stentor.
artillery,
cannon;
thunder.
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4 racket
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.
synonym: racquet.
Dutch: raket, racket
Polish: rakieta
verb
1 racket
2 racket
Make loud and annoying noises.
3 racket
Hit (a ball) with a racket.
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