Racket
Racket noun - The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
How words are described
| actual | actual racket | actual sound |
| little | little racket | little sound |
| new | new racket | new sound |
| commercial | commercial racket | commercial sound |
Both words in one sentence
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Hell Is That Noise: The sound of the Xenomorph moving through vents is very distinctive, especially the racket it makes when it drops from a ceiling vent nearby.
Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation -
Though the racket noises are accurate, the pause sound is completely alien to the game (and the Nintendo Wii).
Source: Series / Weeds -
They know the names of two out of the Three Musketeers, and can pick up enough history of the Taj Mahal to sound convincing, and run a small racket at age 13 or so; see Informed Flaw.
Source: Film / Slumdog Millionaire
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Sound and Racket. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/racket/sound
Racket & Sound. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/racket/sound>.
Sound or Racket. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/racket/sound.
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