noise

/nˈɔɪz/

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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"
Noun
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
Noun
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Noun
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"
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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"
Noun
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
Verb
emit a noise