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noun

Noise n.

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.

Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.

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!" "Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages."

Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. (Obs.) "The king has his noise of gypsies."

Synonyms: Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.

verb

Noise v. t. (past & past part. noised; pres. part. noising)

To spread by rumor or report. "All these sayings were noised abroad."

To disturb with noise. (Obs.)

Noise v. i. To sound; to make a noise.

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Etymology of 'Noise'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Noise" Quotes from Famous Books

... ladies. They all clinked glasses with an enthusiasm which was in no way feigned, but perfectly accountable after so splendid a dinner and such well-assorted wines. In the midst of the gayety and noise, and while the clarionets and trumpets blared away outside, Paul turned to his neighbor, and tapping the foot of his glass against the edge of Schrotter's, he whispered to him, unheard by the others: "To HIS memory!" He turned his head away abruptly, ...

— The Malady of the Century • Max Nordau

... instant, I saw his head rise above the bushes, in his prodigious bounds towards me. With that glance, I turned and ran; ran as I never did before; leaping over logs, and smashing headlong through brush and bushes, but still distinctly hearing, above all the noise I made, the louder crash of the creature's footfalls, striking closer and closer behind me. All at once, however, those crashing sounds ceased to fall on my ear, and the thought that my pursuer had sprung ...

— Gaut Gurley • D. P. Thompson

... and the stuffy smell of it filled his nostrils. Moreover, he had a lively recollection of the blackjack or whatever it was that had laid him out in the beginning. It was useless to cry out; even if he should be heard above the noise of the engine, who could stop ...

— The Deaves Affair • Hulbert Footner

... not be something like an organic molecule on a large scale. Again, odd, queer, indescribable shapes and outlines would appear and disappear, obviously three-dimensional sections of multi-dimensional things, cut by space. Once they passed a place of intense cold and terrific noise and escaped destruction or lunacy only because it took them the merest ...

— The Einstein See-Saw • Miles John Breuer

... on down the gorge, their wheels and the hoofs of the horses making but little noise on the soft turf. The crash of the guns was now distinctly louder and far ahead they saw wisps of smoke floating above the trees. John was sure that the German batteries were there, but he was equally sure that even had he glasses he could not ...

— The Forest of Swords - A Story of Paris and the Marne • Joseph A. Altsheler

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