1
as in noisy
making loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sounds
anyone operating that rackety machine had better wear earplugs
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2
as in clattery
full of or characterized by the presence of noise
the once-familiar sight of a rackety newspaper office with reporters pounding away at typewriters
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Recent Examples of rackety
However, its stabilizers are loud, especially the rackety spacebar that popped up aggressively with a loud plastic clack during testing.
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Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
Whether the rackety Italian state can process this money effectively, however, is a different question.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
Whether the rackety Italian state can process this money effectively, however, is a different question.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rackety
noisy
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America’s fastest-growing sport is also widely considered to be one of its noisiest, and the constant pops of plastic pickleballs smacking against paddles have proven to be too much to bear for many residents of dwellings close proximity to pickleball courts.—
Nicole R. Kurtz,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
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Because when the world gets noisy, leadership gets real.—
Reid Rasner,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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“Rackety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rackety. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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