rackety
Americanadjective
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noisy, rowdy, or boisterous
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socially lively and, sometimes, mildly dissolute
a rackety life
Etymology
Origin of rackety
Example Sentences
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If her childhood was dysfunctional, her early adult life, as recounted in Auto da Fay, was equally rackety.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023
Eshun still sets off before dawn each morning to deliver fresh bread to faithful customers from a rackety delivery van held together with pins and wire.
From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2022
A short-story master resurrects his rackety Edwardian childhood.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
Education is the traditional leg up for clever children from rackety working-class backgrounds like hers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
Behind him he could hear the rackety hammering of the carpenters brought all the way from Salinas to rebuild the old Sanchez house.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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