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noise noun [ nɔɪz ]

• a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance.
• "making a noise like a pig"
Similar: sound, loud sound, din, hubbub, clamour, racket, uproar, tumult, commotion, pandemonium, clangour, crash, clatter, clash, babble, shouting, yelling, babel, bangarang, hullabaloo, row,
Opposite: silence,
• irregular fluctuations that accompany a transmitted electrical signal but are not part of it and tend to obscure it.
• "the enhancer can improve the video signal quality, reducing noise and increasing image sharpness"

noise verb

• talk about or make known publicly.
• "you've discovered something that should not be noised about"
• make a lot of noise.
• "rook, crow and jackdaw—noising loud"
Origin: Middle English (also in the sense ‘quarrelling’): from Old French, from Latin nausea ‘seasickness’ (see nausea).

make a noise

• speak or act in a way designed to attract a lot of attention or publicity.
"he knows how to make a noise and claim police harassment"



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