Noise - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |nɔɪz|  American pronunciation of the word noise
Brit.  |nɔɪz|  British pronunciation of the word noise

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
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience (syn: dissonance, racket)
modern music is just noise to me
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication (syn: disturbance, interference)
- 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
- 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
- the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan (syn: randomness)

verb

- emit a noise (syn: resound)

Extra examples

I couldn't hear him over all the noise.

That's not music. To me it's a bunch of noise.

The furnace makes a lot of noise when it comes on.

We closed the windows to block out the traffic noise.

The landlord has been getting complaints from the tenants about noise.

There were noises coming from the basement.

The sink was making a gurgling noise.

Do you hear that rattling noise?

The machine hardly makes any noise.

The initial data included a lot of noise that had to be weeded out.

Stories have been noised abroad about the government's intention to hold a quick election.

What's that noise?

Try not to make a noise when you go upstairs.

There was a strange whistling noise in his ears.

There was a lot of noise outside.

Word forms

noun
singular: noise
plural: noises
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