rackety

rackety
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racket [1] (also racquet) NOUN a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut or nylon, used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.
ORIGIN French raquette, from an Arabic word meaning 'palm of the hand' .
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racket [2] NOUN 1) a loud unpleasant noise. 2) informal a fraudulent scheme for obtaining money. 3) informal a person's line of business.
VERB (racketed, racketing) make a loud unpleasant noise.
DERIVATIVES rackety adjective.
ORIGIN perhaps imitative of clattering.

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