as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B
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Recent Examples of racket
Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Kapoor, 76, was convicted of running a $100 million international smuggling racket, including stealing 19 ancient idols and illegally transferring them to his art gallery in Manhattan.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
The walls of this racket are beginning to fracture.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Kapoor, 76, was convicted of running a $100 million international smuggling racket, including stealing 19 ancient idols and illegally transferring them to his art gallery in Manhattan.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
Verb
After endorsing Head tennis rackets his entire career, Murray this spring started using a Yonex racket.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racket
Noun
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Walden injected a bit of noise into his playing style with the group, citing guitarists J Mascis, Thurston Moore, and Jimi Hendrix as influences.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2025
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Yufei Long, who hails from Shenzhen, China and came to the US to play top-level Tennis, also made some noise here, qualifying and then taking out No. 21 Blatt and No. 14 Schaefer before stretching No.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Essentially, the Red Sox fans were chirping the Yankees fans about giving Narvaez away, while the Yankees fans argued that Wells is actually better and that New York made the right choice.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2025
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All around this verdant peninsula on Italy’s Tuscan coast, the swifts chirped ecstatically, as if broadcasting the news: Breakfast cakes are warm!—
Ashley Baker,
Air Mail,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Alternative investments are gaining traction among financial advisors who are seeking diversification just as rising geopolitical tensions and shaky tariff policy rattle stocks.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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Stocks around the world have declined as Trump’s tariffs rattle markets.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Also, as a southerner, this brings me right back to my childhood, hearing the way the ice cubes clink against the glass or pitcher of iced tea.—
Carrie Honaker,
Southern Living,
21 May 2025
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After more than two centuries clinking in pockets, lining dusty piggy banks and being flung into fountains along with a wish, the U.S. penny is preparing for retirement.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The Dino up for sale is a 246 GTS variant with a removable roof panel for when the sun is out and the driver wants to really hear the roar of its engine.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
19 June 2025
Verb
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In this instance, Jaden McDaniels’ attempt clanked off the iron as part of a slow start that ultimately doomed Minnesota.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2025
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Haliburton’s shot clanked off of the back of the rim and into the air, only to go through the net.—
Peter Sblendorio,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
Noun
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There was a lot of chatter about the government replenishing local government consumer subsidy funds after strong demand, which led to depletion in several cities.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Based on all the chatter coming out of camp, Wilson already seems to be having a positive influence on the Giants.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
Verb
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One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month.—
Tasha Zemke,
Outside Online,
24 Oct. 2024
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But already chinks in the vault’s armor have appeared.—
Naomi Oreskes,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2024
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“Racket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racket. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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