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noise in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
    "modern music is just noise to me"
    noise  dissonance  racket 
  2. electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
    noise  interference  disturbance 
  3. the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
    randomness  haphazardness  stochasticity  noise 
  4. 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"
    noise 
  5. 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"
    noise 
  6. 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"
    noise 
verb
  1. emit a noise
    make noise  resound  noise 
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