noise 
noise (no̵iz)
noun
- loud or confused shouting; din of voices; clamor
- any loud, discordant, or disagreeable sound or sounds
- a sound of any kind the noise of the rain
- Informal
- gossip; rumor; scandal
- a protest or accusation
- something that draws public notice
- Electronics any unwanted electrical signal, esp. within a communication system, that interferes with the sound or image being communicated
Etymology: ME < OFr, noise, quarreling, clamor < L nausea: see nausea
transitive verb noised, nois′·ing
to spread about (a report, rumor, etc.): usually with about, around, abroad, etc.
intransitive verb
- to talk much or loudly
- to make noise or a noise
noise
n.
A sound
sound, sonance, something heard, something audible, impact of sound waves. Kinds of noises include --- brief, loud noises: bang, boom, crash, thud, blast, blast off, roar, bellow, howl, shriek, growl, bark, blat, shout, peal, cry, yelp, squawk, yawp, hee-haw, blare, clang, ring, shot, sonic boom, jangle, eruption, explosion, detonation; blow-up*, zowie*, whang*, cachunk*, splat*; brief, faint noises: peep, squeak, squawk, cackle, cluck, tweet, clink, tinkle, pop, click, tick, rustle, gurgle, whisper, stage whisper, sigh, splash, swish, note, sough, sob, whine, whimper, plink, plunk, plop, plump, pad, pat, pitter-patter, ping, rustle, murmur, beat, stir, purr, twitter; continuing noises: reverberation, ringing, tone, tune, clangor, clanging, tinkling, sonorousness, resonance, rock, rattle, rattling, whistle, whistling, piping, twittering, shouting, roaring, howling, growling, barking, caterwauling, bellowing, rumble, rumbling, grunting, murmuring, drone, droning, thunder, thundering, firing, tramp, tramping, whine, whining, screech, screeching, scream, screaming, banging, clanging, hum, humming, buzz, buzzing, hiss, hissing, laugh, laughing, chuckle, chuckling, whir, whirring, purr, purring, swishing, rustling, ripple, rippling, strumming, thrumming, beating, drumming, patter, pattering, clatter, clattering, tintinnabulation, ululation, trill, trilling, whinney, whinneying, neigh, neighing, caw, cawing, clucking, cackling, quaver, semiquaver.
Clamor
din, racket, uproar, clamor, hubbub, tumult, commotion, hullabaloo, fanfare, cry, outcry, shouting, yelling, fracas, pandemonium, bedlam, turbulence, uproariousness, boisterousness, clamorousness, babel, shivaree, charivari, cacophony, dissonance, discord, static, stridency, blatancy; see also sense 1, cry 1, uproar.Antonyms
silence*, lull, quietness.
noise is the general word for any loud, unmusical, or disagreeable sound; din refers to a loud, prolonged, deafening sound, painful to the ears the din of the steeple bells; uproar applies to a loud, confused sound, as of shouting, laughing, etc., and connotes commotion or disturbance her remarks threw the audience into an uproar; clamor suggests loud, continued, excited shouting, as in protest or demand the clamor of the crowd for his arrest; hubbub implies the confused mingling of many voices tried to make myself heard above the hubbub in the cafeteria; racket refers to a loud, clattering combination of noises regarded as annoyingly excessive he couldn't work because of the racket next door
Converse of subject
- disturb: If you are easily disturbed by noise, consider using ear plugs 16.
- distract: Perhaps he was distracted by the horrible noises being made by the pump and drains at that end of the pitch.
Converse of object
- hear: I heard a noise: the wind, I thought, shook the door.
- emit: Suddenly the machine emitted a noise that was like every sound ever made in the world put together, infinite frequencies.
- reduce: The key to reducing ambient noise is to address both pathways.
- hum: I was in my cabin at the time and heard a loud humming noise just before the first torpedo exploded.
Adjective modifier
- loud: He spoke quietly to the Subject, who had proved unresponsive to the loudest noises.
- ambient: The key to reducing ambient noise is to address both pathways.
- excessive: Excessive noise is also a significant hazard for site workers.
- Gaussian: The surfaces ' points have been corrupted with a Gaussian noise of 2 mm variance.
- strange: The Lady Awoken by strange noises, he saw Isabel being helped down a rope ladder, by a figure in Highland costume.
- unwanted: By using the mute button on the interface we can cut out unwanted noise caused by the live handset.
Modifies a noun
- nuisance: Noise Nuisance - What can you do A series of options are available to help you resolve the problem.
- pollution: Noise pollution is one of the most common social problems in modern times.
- disturbance: As with domestic noise issues disturbance from a barking dog can usually be resolved by talking to the owner.
- reduction: The generous casing with noise reduction coating assures a quiet operation.
- exposure: Depending on the levels of noise exposure, your employer must; What do I have to do?
- ratio: This will cause the wearer to turn up the volume to compensate, effectively degrading the signal to noise ratio.
Noun used with modifier
- aircraft: Complaints about aircraft noise are usually made direct to the airports.
- background: The louder the actual music, the more apparent the background noise will be.
He's one of those men who argues by increments of noiseöso that as you open your mouth he says another, cleverer, louder thing.
I did but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When strait a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes and dogs.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.God is the friend of silence. See how natureötrees, flowers, grassögrows in silence; see the stars, themoon and thesun, how they move insilence We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Lord Hailsham said the other day that the machinery of Government was creaking. My Lords, it is not even moving sufficiently to emit a noise of any kind.
Forasmuch as there isgreat noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls, from which many evils may arise, which God forbid, we command and forbid on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in future.
In summertime in Bredon The bells they sound so clear; Round both the shires they ring them In steeples far and near, A happy noise to hear.
Insects are what neurosis would sound like, if neurosis could make a noise with its nose.
Oh, no, the machine, the machine is necessary. A man comesintoagreat hotelandsays,Iama messenger. Who is this man? He disappears walking, there is no noise, nothing. Maybe he will never come back, maybe he will never deliver the message.But a man who rides up on a great machine, this man is responsible, this man exists. He will be given messages.
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: 280 So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity of our love.
Sweetly they slept On the blue fields of heaven, and then there crept A little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sign that silence heaves.
A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibilityat the other.
The Englishmay not likemusicöbuttheyabsolutely love the noise it makes.
O come let us sing unto the L: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. Psalms
Those that govern most make least noise.
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
It will be generally admitted that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
A man hates to be moved to folly bya noise.
Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys, Are never valued till they make a noise.
New York is a jungle, they tell you.You could go further, and say that New York is a jungle. New York is a jungle. Beneath the columns of the old rain forest, made of melting macadam, the mean Limpopo of swamped Ninth Avenue bears an angry argosy of crocs and dragons, tiger fish, noise machines, sweating rainmakers.
I throw myself down in my Chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.
So all day long the noise of battle rolled Among the mountains by the winter sea.
Nursed amid her noise, her crowds, her beloved smokeöwhat have I been doing all my life, if I have not lent out my heart with usury to such scenes?
How on earth are the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of Englandto be taken seriouslyagainst that kind of background noise? It is rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease, only for them to find, the moment the first balls are bowled, that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain.
Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness, That is not kept in chains, and close-pent rooms, But in fair lightsome lodgings, and isgirt With the wild noise of prattling visitants, Which makes it lunatic beyond all cure.
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