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noise
[ noiz ]
noun
- sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
deafening noises.
- a sound of any kind:
to hear a noise at the door.
- loud shouting, outcry, or clamor.
- a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds.
- an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen.
- Informal. extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.:
The noise in the report obscured its useful information.
- Informal. rumor or gossip, especially slander.
- Usually noises. Informal. a statement or utterance that hints at or expresses a feeling or intention, especially without action being taken: We’re hearing sympathetic noises from many countries, but haven't received any concrete offers of assistance.
There’s been some angry noise about the new curriculum. He’s making noises to the press about running for mayor.
We’re hearing sympathetic noises from many countries, but haven't received any concrete offers of assistance.
verb (used with object)
- to spread, as a report or rumor; disseminate (usually followed by about or abroad ):
A new scandal is being noised about.
verb (used without object)
- to talk much or publicly.
- to make a noise, outcry, or clamor.
noise
/ nɔɪz /
noun
- a sound, esp one that is loud or disturbing
- loud shouting; clamour; din
- any undesired electrical disturbance in a circuit, degrading the useful information in a signal See also signal-to-noise ratio
- undesired or irrelevant elements in a visual image
removing noise from pictures
- talk or interest
noise about strikes
- plural conventional comments or sounds conveying a reaction, attitude, feeling, etc
she made sympathetic noises
- make a noisemake a noise to talk a great deal or complain
- make noises about informal.make noises about to give indications of one's intentions
the government is making noises about new social security arrangements
- noises offnoises off theatre sounds made offstage intended for the ears of the audience: used as a stage direction
verb
- tr; usually foll by abroad or about to spread (news, gossip, etc)
- rare.intr to talk loudly or at length
- rare.intr to make a din or outcry; be noisy
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Example Sentences
The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
The “rooty toot toot” is simply the noise the horns make, while “rummy tum tum” is the drums.
That is a lot of air pollution, noise, and yet more kicking up of dust.
For aesthetic reasons, ski resort operators try to limit the noise and infrastructure associated with producing power.
Equipped with sensors, the benches will be able to provide data on weather conditions, noise, and air quality.
The noise of his slumbers culminated in a sudden, choking grunt, and abruptly ceased.
Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
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