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Noise

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Noun

1. noise

sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

Example Sentences:
'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'

2. dissonance, noise, racket

the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

Example Sentences:
'modern music is just noise to me'

3. disturbance, interference, noise

electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

4. noise

a loud outcry of protest or complaint

Example Sentences:
'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'

5. noise

incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks

Example Sentences:
'all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say'

6. haphazardness, noise, randomness, stochasticity

the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

Verb

7. make noise, noise, resound

emit a noise

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Noise

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noun
1. 
a sound, esp one that is loud or disturbing
2. 
loud shouting; clamour; din
3. 
any undesired electrical disturbance in a circuit, degrading the useful information in a signal
See also signal-to-noise ratio
4. 
undesired or irrelevant elements in a visual image
removing noise from pictures
5. 
talk or interest
noise about strikes
6. (plural)
conventional comments or sounds conveying a reaction, attitude, feeling, etc
she made sympathetic noises
7.  make a noise
8.  make noises about
9.  noises off
verb
10. (tr; usually foll by abroad or about)
to spread (news, gossip, etc)
11. (intransitive) rare
to talk loudly or at length
12. (intransitive) rare
to make a din or outcry; be noisy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Noise

see synonyms of noise
noun
1. 
a. 
loud or confused shouting; din of voices; clamor
b. 
any loud, discordant, or disagreeable sound or sounds
2. 
a sound of any kind
the noise of the rain
3.  Informal
a. 
gossip; rumor; scandal
b. 
a protest or accusation
c. 
something that draws public notice
4.  Electronics
any unwanted electrical signal, esp. within a communication system, that interferes with the sound or image being communicated
verb transitiveWord forms: noised or ˈnoising
5. 
to spread about (a report, rumor, etc.)
usually with about, around, abroad, etc.
verb intransitive Rare
6. 
to talk much or loudly
7. 
to make noise or a noise

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Noise

see synonyms of noise
n.
1.
a. Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired.
b. Sound or a sound of any kind: The only noise was the wind in the pines.
2. A loud outcry or commotion: the noise of the mob; a lot of noise over the new law.
3. Physics A disturbance, especially a random and persistent disturbance, that obscures or reduces the clarity of a signal.
4. Computers Irrelevant or meaningless data.
5. Informal
a. A complaint or protest.
b. Rumor; talk.
c. noises Remarks or actions intended to convey a specific impression or to attract attention: "The U.S. is making appropriately friendly noises to the new Socialist Government" (Flora Lewis).
tr.v. noised, nois·ing, nois·es
To spread the rumor or report of.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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