Dictionary definition · noise
noun
- sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)"he enjoyed the street noises"
- the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience"modern music is just noise to me"
- electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
- a loud outcry of protest or complaint"the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of 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 quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
verb
- emit a noise
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).