Etymology : Middle English, from Old French, strife, quarrel, noise, from Latin nausea nausea
Pronunciation : noiz
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. loud sound; ruckus; background noise, random electrical signals which interfere with communications (Computers, Electronics). spread rumors, gossip; make loud sound. noise\noise\ , n. [f. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. l. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. see:
nausea.].
2. sound of any kind. the heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived.note: noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. --ganot.
3. especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
4. loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "the noise goes." what noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! baker. soerates lived in athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages.
5. music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [obs.] the king has his noise of gypsies. jonson.
6. Sound of any kind.
7. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
8. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report.
9. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
10. To sound; to make a noise.
11. To spread by rumor or report.
12. To disturb with noise. 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 auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" 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" sound of any kind ; "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" electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication.
13. 1. Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace The noise of bombs and guns was incessant The baby was filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise.
14. A noise is a sound that someone or something makes. Sir Gerald made a small noise in his throat. birdsong and other animal noises.
15. If someone makes noises of a particular kind about something, they say things that indicate their attitude to it in a rather indirect or vague way. The President took care to make encouraging noises about the future His mother had also started making noises about it being time for him to leave home.
16. If you say that someone makes the right noises or makes all the right noises, you think that they are showing concern or enthusiasm about something because they feel they ought to rather than because they really want to. He was making all the right noises about multi-party democracy and human rights. see also:
big noise. be noised abroad/about/around if news or information is noised abroad, people are talking about it. Undesired sound that is intrinsically objectionable or that interferes with other sounds being listened to. In electronics and information theory, noise refers to those random, unpredictable, and undesirable signals, or changes in signals, that mask the desired information content. In radio, this noise is called static; in television, it is called snow. White noise is a complex signal or sound covering the entire range of component frequencies, or tones, all of which possess equal intensity.
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