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racket
noun [S] (NOISE) /ˈræk.ɪt/ informalDefinition
C2 an unpleasant loud continuous noise: They were making such a racket outside that I couldn't get to sleep.Noise and noisy
(Definition of racket noun (NOISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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