make a racket



brawl, clamour, noise, raise hell, roar, row, whoop it up ,

   break the news - air, announce, break it to, breathe, bring word, come out with, confide, confide to, divulge, give a report, give out, give tidings of, give vent to, inform, let get around,

   become suicidal - despair, despond, droop, give way, languish, lose heart, sink, touch bottom ,

   acknowledged - accepted, admitted, affirmed, allowed, approved, authenticated, avowed, being done, certified, conceded, confessed, confirmed, conformable, conventional, correct,

   pregnant imagination - creativity, fertility, ingenuity, invention, inventiveness, originality, productivity ,

   terror-ridden - aghast, ashen, astounded, awestruck, blanched, cowed, frozen, horrified, intimidated, pallid, paralysed, petrified, scared stiff, stunned, stupefied,

   hack - Sunday driver, amble, amputate, antiquated, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, axe, back-seat driver, banal, bark, batter, baulker, baulky horse, beast of burden,

   unanimously elected - accepted, adopted, approved, chosen, elect, elected, hand-picked, named, nominated, passed, picked, ratified, select ,

   well-washed - bleached, bright, clean, dainty, fair, fastidious, fresh, immaculate, kosher, pure, shiny, spotless, stainless, sweet, unadulterated,

   battle royal - action, aerial combat, affray, armoured combat, battle, brush, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, cock-fight, combat, conflict, dogfight, embroilment, exchange of blows,

   pitch and toss - bingo, craps, flounder, hazard, heave, horse racing, lurch, numbers, pinball, pitch, plunge, policy, pound, rear, reel,