(of unpleasant noise)
11noise */*/*/ — UK [nɔɪz] / US noun Word forms noise : singular noise plural noises a) [uncountable] a loud or unpleasant sound The noise of the machines is deafening. make noise: Please will you stop making so much noise! too much noise: The neighbours said… …
12noise — [[t]nɔ͟ɪz[/t]] ♦♦♦ noises 1) N UNCOUNT Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace... The noise of bombs and guns was incessant... The baby, filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise, began… …
13noise — n. & v. n. 1 a sound, esp. a loud or unpleasant or undesired one. 2 a series of loud sounds, esp. shouts; a confused sound of voices and movements. 3 irregular fluctuations accompanying a transmitted signal but not relevant to it. 4 (in pl.)… …
14noise — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, disturbance, noise, from Latin nausea nausea Date: 13th century 1. loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry 2. a. sound; especially one that lacks agreeable musical quality or is… …
15noise*/*/*/ — [nɔɪz] noun [C/U] a loud or unpleasant sound The dog made a deep growling noise in his throat.[/ex] The neighbours said that we were making too much noise.[/ex] We heard the noise of breaking glass.[/ex] …
16noise — noun 1》 a sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant, or disturbing. ↘continuous or repeated loud, confused sounds. 2》 (noises) conventional remarks expressing some emotion or purpose: the government made tough noises about defending… …
17noise pollution — noun Excess noise which is unpleasant or harmful …
18white noise — noun a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration white noise is a good masking agent • Hypernyms: ↑noise, ↑interference, ↑disturbance * * * noun Etymology: so called from the analogy of its composition to …
19white noise — noun uncount the unpleasant noise made by a radio or television when it is not receiving the correct signal …
20white noise — UK / US noun [uncountable] the unpleasant noise made by a radio or television when it is not receiving the correct signal …
