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(noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit |
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Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise |
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Related Words: endeavor, endeavour, enterprise |
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(verb) hit with a racket, of a ball |
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Related Words: hit |
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(verb) make a racket |
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Related Words: make noise, noise, resound |
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(noun) a sports implement consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings; used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games |
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Synonyms: racquet |
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Related Words: badminton racket, badminton racquet, bat, crosse, paddle, sports implement, squash racket, squash racquet, tennis racket, tennis racquet |
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(noun) a loud and disturbing noise |
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Related Words: noise |
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(verb) celebrate noisily; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!" |
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Synonyms: make happy, make merry, make whoopie, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
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Related Words: carouse, celebrate, fete, riot, roister |
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(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" |
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Synonyms: dissonance, noise |
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Related Words: auditory sensation, sound, white noise |
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