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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : rak-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræk ɪt |
Definition of racketing
Origin :- "loud noise," 1560s, perhaps imitative. Klein compares Gaelic racaid "noise." Meaning "dishonest activity" (1785) is perhaps from racquet, via notion of "game," reinforced by rack-rent "extortionate rent" (1590s), from rack (n.1).
- As in riot : verb protest; cause an uproar
- Finally Ray shut off the racketing engine and let out the rusty anchor.
- Extract from : « Stairway to the Stars » by Larry Shaw
- There were no operas, no theatres, no racketing or frolicking of any sort going on.
- Extract from : « Folly as It Flies » by Fanny Fern
- So you'll find lots of young people, and lots of racketing going on.
- Extract from : « A Young Man's Year » by Anthony Hope
- With all this racketing no soldier could be seen at the point of fire.
- Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter
- There was noise and racketing behind them, but they two heard nothing.
- Extract from : « Romany of the Snows » by Gilbert Parker
- He looks much better than when he was racketing about at Leiden.
- Extract from : « The Twilight of the Souls » by Louis Couperus
- Thirdly, I have been racketing too much, and do not feel over well.
- Extract from : « Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends » by John Keats
- And all the while the cars were racketing along towards Boston.
- Extract from : « Dotty Dimple Out West » by Sophie May
- And if we go pretty soon the boys will be at school, so they won't tire you with their racketing.
- Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
- I believe tho', I should not be able to support London hours, and all the racketing of a London life for a year together.
- Extract from : « Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters » by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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