racketed

verb

past tense of racket
as in clicked

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  1. clicked
  2. chirped
  3. clinked
  4. clashed
Verb
  • On October 4, 2016, the famously quiet, reserved fighter picked up her phone, opened her Twitter (now ‘X’ ) app and clicked on the ‘search’ function.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • At that point in time, our investment percentage had clicked over the 7 percent.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of clicked
Verb
  • Rutschman said some of his former Orioles teammates chirped at him throughout the game and gave him a hard time about getting around the ballpark as a visiting player.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Sometimes crickets chirped in my head.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of chirped
Verb
  • Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.
    — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In the next shot, the couple clinked wine glasses as Gomez took a bite of cheese, before Blanco filmed marinara sauce being laid in a pan.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of clinked
Verb
  • White supremacist groups and alt-right influencers have clashed with local immigration advocates and faith leaders who sought to protect the Haitian community.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Spanish protesters and migrants clashed with police and each other in Ceuta, one month after a horde of over 70,000 Moroccan migrants abruptly swarmed the small Spanish enclave.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of clashed
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“Racketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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