noun
- A loud and disturbing noise.
- An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.
- synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
- The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
- usage: "modern music is just noise to me"
- synonyms: noise, dissonance
- A sports implement (usually 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)
- synonyms: racquet
verb
- Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.
- usage: "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let's whoop it up-the boss is gone"
- synonyms: revel, make whoopie, make merry, make happy, whoop it up, jollify, wassail
- Make loud and annoying noises.
- Hit (a ball) with a racket. .
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