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| n. (event) | 1. noise | 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" |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| ~ clap, bam, bang, blast, eruption | a sudden very loud noise. |
| ~ banging | a continuing very loud noise. |
| ~ bark | a noise resembling the bark of a dog. |
| ~ blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din | a loud harsh or strident noise. |
| ~ boom, roar, roaring, thunder | a deep prolonged loud noise. |
| ~ chattering, chatter | the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys). |
| ~ chattering, chatter | the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine. |
| ~ chug | the dull explosive noise made by an engine. |
| ~ clack, clap | a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated. |
| ~ clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash | a loud resonant repeating noise.; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" |
| ~ clatter | a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement).; "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones" |
| ~ cracking, crack, snap | a sudden sharp noise.; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" |
| ~ crackle, crepitation, crackling | the sharp sound of snapping noises. |
| ~ creak, creaking | a squeaking sound.; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" |
| ~ crunch | the sound of something crunching.; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" |
| ~ ding-dong | the noise made by a bell. |
| ~ explosion | the noise caused by an explosion.; "the explosion was heard a mile away" |
| ~ grate | a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something. |
| ~ grinding | a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears). |
| ~ grunt, oink | the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs. |
| ~ fizzle, hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation | a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).; "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience" |
| ~ howl | a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound.; "the howl of the wind made him restless" |
| ~ brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar | loud confused noise from many sources. |
| ~ humming, hum | a humming noise.; "the hum of distant traffic" |
| ~ pant | the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine). |
| ~ plonk | the noise of something dropping (as into liquid). |
| ~ plop | the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash. |
| ~ plump | the sound of a sudden heavy fall. |
| ~ racket | a loud and disturbing noise. |
| ~ rale, rattle, rattling | a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).; "the death rattle" |
| ~ report | a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing).; "they heard a violent report followed by silence" |
| ~ rhonchus | a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels. |
| ~ grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling | a loud low dull continuous noise.; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" |
| ~ rustle, whispering, rustling, whisper | a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. |
| ~ scrape, scratching, scraping, scratch | a harsh noise made by scraping.; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her" |
| ~ screech, screeching, scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking | a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry.; "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes" |
| ~ scrunch | a crunching noise. |
| ~ shrilling | a continuing shrill noise.; "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets" |
| ~ sizzle | a sizzling noise. |
| ~ slam | the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects. |
| ~ snap | the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand.; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" |
| ~ snore | the rattling noise produced when snoring. |
| ~ spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering | the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively.; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" |
| ~ plash, splash | the sound like water splashing. |
| ~ squawk | the noise of squawking.; "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns" |
| ~ squeak | a short high-pitched noise.; "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow" |
| ~ squish | the noise of soft mud being walked on. |
| ~ stridulation | a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together. |
| ~ swoosh, whoosh | the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid). |
| ~ thunder | a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. dissonance, noise, racket | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.; "modern music is just noise to me" |
| ~ auditory sensation, sound | the subjective sensation of hearing something.; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" |
| n. (event) | 3. disturbance, interference, noise | electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. |
| ~ clutter | unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen. |
| ~ trouble | an event causing distress or pain.; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" |
| ~ background signal, background | extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured.; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals" |
| ~ crosstalk, xt | the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling. |
| ~ fadeout | a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances. |
| ~ jitter | small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources. |
| ~ atmospheric static, atmospherics, static | a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference. |
| ~ white noise | a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration.; "white noise is a good masking agent" |
| n. (communication) | 4. noise | 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" |
| ~ cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call | a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition.; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. 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" |
| ~ incomprehensibility | the quality of being incomprehensible. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. haphazardness, noise, randomness, stochasticity | the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan. |
| ~ unregularity, irregularity | not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals. |
| ~ ergodicity | an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions. |
| v. (perception) | 7. make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| ~ sizzle | make a sound like frying fat. |
| ~ roar, howl | make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles.; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" |
| ~ sough, purl | make a murmuring sound.; "the water was purling" |
| ~ claxon, honk | use the horn of a car. |
| ~ hum | make a low continuous sound.; "The refrigerator is humming" |
| ~ crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle | make a crushing noise.; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" |
| ~ creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine | make a high-pitched, screeching noise.; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" |
| ~ racket | make loud and annoying noises. |
| ~ brattle, clack, clatter | make a rattling sound.; "clattering dishes" |
| ~ clitter, stridulate | make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures.; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers stridulate" |
| ~ drown out | make imperceptible.; "The noise from the ice machine drowned out the music" |
| ~ jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle | make a sound typical of metallic objects.; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" |
| ~ scream | make a loud, piercing sound.; "Fighter planes are screaming through the skies" |
| ~ backfire | emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire.; "My old car backfires all the time" |
| ~ ring out | sound loudly.; "a shot rang out" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ blare, blast | make a strident sound.; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" |
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