noise
/nˈɔɪz/
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Definitions
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"
Noun
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
Synonyms
dissonance
disturbance
haphazardness
interference
make noise
racket
randomness
resound
stochasticity
More General Terms
auditory sensation
call
cry
go
incomprehensibility
irregularity
outcry
shout
sound
trouble
unregularity
vociferation
yell
More Specific Terms
atmospheric static
atmospherics
backfire
background
background signal
bam
bang
banging
bark
blare
blaring
blast
boom
brattle
brouhaha
cacophony
chatter
chattering
chug
clack
clamor
clang
clangor
clangoring
clangour
clank
clap
clash
clatter
claxon
clitter
clutter
crack
cracking
crackle
crackling
crash
creak
creaking
crepitation
crosstalk
crunch
din
ding-dong
drown out
ergodicity
eruption
explosion
fadeout
fizzle
grate
grinding
grumble
grumbling
grunt
hiss
hissing
honk
howl
hubbub
hum
humming
hushing
jangle
jingle
jingle-jangle
jitter
katzenjammer
oink
pant
plash
plonk
plop
plump
purl
racket
rale
rattle
rattling
report
rhonchus
ring out
roar
roaring
rumble
rumbling
rustle
rustling
scranch
scrape
scraping
scratch
scratching
scraunch
screak
scream
screaming
screech
screeching
scrunch
shriek
shrieking
shrilling
sibilation
sizzle
skreak
slam
snap
snore
sough
spatter
spattering
splash
splatter
splattering
splutter
sputter
sputtering
squawk
squeak
squish
static
stridulate
stridulation
swoosh
thunder
uproar
whine
whisper
whispering
white noise
whoosh
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