Noise Definition
noiz
noised, noises, noising
noun
noises
Any loud, discordant, or disagreeable sound or sounds.
Webster's New World
Loud or confused shouting; din of voices; clamor.
Webster's New World
A sound of any kind.
The noise of the rain.
Webster's New World
A disturbance, especially a random and persistent disturbance, that obscures or reduces the clarity of a signal.
American Heritage
Irrelevant or meaningless data.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
noised, noises, noising
To talk much or loudly.
Webster's New World
To spread about (a report, rumor, etc.)
Webster's New World
To make noise or a noise.
Webster's New World
Origin of Noise
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From Middle English, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise"); origin uncertain; according to some, from Latin nausea (“disgust, nausea"); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury"); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French perhaps from Vulgar Latin nausea discomfort from Latin nausea seasickness nausea
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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