Another word for racket
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Noun
Sounds or a sound, especially when loud, confused, or disagreeable
- A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; a tumult:
- An impassioned protest or heated controversy:
- A great noise, as of a crowd:
- A disorderly commotion or disturbance:
- A state of agitation of the mind or emotions:
- A noisy clamor.
- A condition or scene of noisy confusion:
- Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired.
- Sound or a sound of any kind:
- A loud outcry or commotion:
- A loud noise or a condition of noisy confusion.
- A loud confusing noise:
- A confused situation; a tumult:
- A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds.
- To stun with deafening noise.
- To instill by wearying repetition:
- A loud noise or outcry; a hubbub.
- A vehement expression of discontent or protest:
- To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.
- A confusion of sounds or voices:
- A scene or situation of confusion:
See also:Activity pursued as a livelihood
- To provide work to (someone) for pay:
- To engage the attention or activity of; occupy:
- To put (something) to use or service:
- Physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something:
- Such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment:
- A trade, profession, or other means of livelihood:
- A regular occupation, especially one for which a person is particularly suited or qualified.
- An inclination or aptness for a certain kind of work:
- A calling of an individual by God, especially for a religious career.
- The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.
- A branch or kind of business:
- The people working in or associated with a business or industry:
- The act or an instance of chasing or pursuing:
- The act of striving to gain or accomplish something:
- An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.
- An occupation or career:
- An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
- The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field:
- An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
- An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
- The act or process of holding or possessing a place.
- A geometric figure formed by a point moving along a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
- A thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface.
- A similar mark cut or scratched into a surface.
- A regular activity performed in exchange for payment, especially as one's trade, occupation, or profession:
- A position of employment:
- A task that must be done:
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
- The work in which one is engaged; occupation.
- Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
- Skill in evasion or deception; guile.
- An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.
- A chosen pursuit; a profession or occupation.
- The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements:
- A path or course, as of the sun through the heavens.
- An inner urge or a strong impulse, especially one believed to be divinely inspired.
- An occupation, profession, or career.
- The activity of buying and selling commodities, products, or services:
- The amount or volume of this activity:
- The variety of this activity in which a person is engaged:
- The conscious use of the imagination in the production of objects intended to be contemplated or appreciated as beautiful, as in the arrangement of forms, sounds, or words.
- Such activity in the visual or plastic arts:
- Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
See also:
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Another word for racket
Noun
Disturbing noise
- A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds.
- To stun with deafening noise.
- To instill by wearying repetition:
- To make a rattling sound.
- To move with a rattling sound:
- To talk rapidly and noisily; chatter.
- A condition of noisy excitement and confusion; a tumult:
- An impassioned protest or heated controversy:
Confusion accompanied by noise
*A means of extortion
- To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
- To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit:
- To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.
- To cause to lie down:
- To place in or bring to a particular position:
- To bury.
- To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
- To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
- To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
- An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime:
- A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules:
- A single instance of such an activity:
- Extortion of money, as by blackmail.
- A thorough search of a place or person.
- A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning.
- A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.
- To defraud; swindle.
- An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means.
- A mischievous action; a prank:
- A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act:
- To unite (a shoot or bud) with a growing plant by insertion or by placing in close contact.
- To join (a plant or plants) by such union.
- To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
- Crime committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.
- The people and the groups involved in such criminal activities.
- Present participle of bootleg.
- The illegal taking of property under one’s care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty. The illegal taking of property under one’s care, particularly property to which one has a public trust or fiduciary duty.
- Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage.
- The act or an instance of extorting something, as by psychological pressure.
- An excessive or exorbitant charge.
- A deception practiced in order to induce another to give up possession of property or surrender a right.
- A piece of trickery; a trick.
- One that defrauds; a cheat.
- The act of protecting.
- The condition of being protected.
- One that protects:
- A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
- The practice of or involvement in such schemes:
- A clandestine love affair.
- A small piece of ground, generally used for a specific purpose:
- A measured area of land; a lot.
- A ground plan, as for a building; a diagram.
- An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
- A group of conspirators.
- An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
- A confidence game.
- A swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her confidence has been won.
- An operation that is not authorized or understood. An "illegal operation" error message typically means that the computer has been directed to execute an invalid instruction and has stopped or has terminated the offending application (see abend). However, programmers may choose to display such a message at certain locations in their code as a safety check, trusting that their logic is sound and the computer should never arrive at those points. If it does, the program halts, and the message is displayed. Such messages may have an error number that refers to a location in the code.
A web and frame used as a bat
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