1.  noise(n = noun.event) - 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"
is a kind of sound
has particulars: bam, bang, blast, clap, eruption, banging, bark, blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din, boom, roar, roaring, thunder, chatter, chattering, chatter, chattering, chug, clack, clap, clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash, clatter, crack, cracking, snap, crackle, crackling, crepitation, creak, creaking, crunch, ding-dong, explosion, grate, grinding, grunt, oink, fizzle, hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation, howl, brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar, hum, humming, pant, plonk, plop, plump, racket, rale, rattle, rattling, report, rhonchus, grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling, rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scrunch, shrilling, sizzle, slam, snap, snore, spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering, plash, splash, squawk, squeak, squish, stridulation, swoosh, whoosh, thunder
Derived form verb noise₁

2.  noise(n = noun.cognition) dissonance, racket - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
is a kind of auditory sensation, sound
Derived form verb noise₁

3.  noise(n = noun.event) disturbance, interference - electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication;
is a kind of trouble
has particulars: clutter, background, background signal, crosstalk, xt, fadeout, jitter, atmospheric static, atmospherics, static, white noise

4.  noise(n = noun.communication) - 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"
is a kind of call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell
Derived form adjective noisy₁

5.  noise(n = noun.attribute) - 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"
is a kind of incomprehensibility

6.  noise(n = noun.attribute) haphazardness, randomness, stochasticity - the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan;
is a kind of irregularity, unregularity
has particulars: ergodicity

   noise(v = verb.perception) make noise, resound - emit a noise;
is one way to go, sound
Derived forms noun noise₂, noun noise₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

1.  Sound of any kind. [1913 Webster]
" 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." Ganot. [1913 Webster]
"The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise
to us perceived." [1913 Webster]

2.  Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din. [1913 Webster]

3.  Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!" [1913 Webster]
"Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages." [1913 Webster]

4.  Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. Milton. [1913 Webster]
"The king has his noise of gypsies." [1913 Webster]

   To sound; to make a noise. Milton. [1913 Webster]

1.  To spread by rumor or report. [1913 Webster]
"All these sayings were noised abroad." [1913 Webster]

2.  To disturb with noise. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

noise, 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.) conventional remarks, or speechlike sounds without actual words (made sympathetic noises).
--v.
1 tr. (usu. in passive) make public; spread abroad (a person's fame or a fact).
2 intr. archaic make much noise.

Idiom:
make a noise
1 (usu. foll. by about) talk or complain much.
2 be much talked of; attain notoriety. noise-maker a device for making a loud noise at a festivity etc. noise pollution harmful or annoying noise. noises off sounds made off stage to be heard by the audience of a play.

Etymology:
ME f. OF, = outcry, disturbance, f. L nausea: see NAUSEA

N  sound, noise, strain, accent, twang, intonation, tone, cadence, sonorousness, audibility, resonance, voice, aspirate, ideophone, rough breathing, acoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonetism, sounding, soniferous, sonorous, sonorific, resonant, audible, distinct, stertorous, phonetic, phonic, phonocamptic, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, forensis strepitus.

N  loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.

background noise, ground noise, make noise, noise conditions, noise level, noise pollution, radio noise, surface noise, white noise