"rackety" meaning in English

See rackety in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: racketier [comparative], racketiest [superlative]
Etymology: racket + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|racket|y}} racket + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|racketier}} rackety (comparative racketier, superlative racketiest)
  1. Making a racket: noisy.
    Sense id: en-rackety-en-adj-w2drGru4
  2. Involving, or characteristic of, criminal rackets.
    Sense id: en-rackety-en-adj-q415OcGe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 22 78

Inflected forms

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