noise

Plural: noises

Noun

• sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  • "he enjoyed the street noises"
  • "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"
  • "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
  • "modern music is just noise to me"
• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
• a loud outcry of protest or complaint
  • "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"
  • "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"
• incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
  • "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
• Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
• Any sound.
• Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
• Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
• Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
• Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
• The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
• Rumour or complaint.
• Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
• Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
• A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.

Verb

Verb Forms: noised, noising, noises

• To spread information or a rumor.
• emit a noise
• To make a noise; to sound.
• To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

Examples

• He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
• She crept up behind him not making a noise.
• The chatter began to NOISE that he had a blank tile, increasing the game’s tension.
• The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.
• The sudden noise made everyone jump.

Synonyms

dissonance, disturbance, haphazardness, interference, make noise, racket, randomness, resound, stochasticity, cacophony, clamour, clash, commotion, din, disquiet, exclamation, hullabaloo, outcry, sound, tintamarre, tumult, uproar, vociferation

Antonyms

calm, quiet, silence

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