noise meaning and definition

NOISE noun

Definition of noise (noun)

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

NOISE verb

Definition of noise (verb)

1. emit a noise
   • synonyms: make noise, resound