noise
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(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" |
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Synonyms: dissonance, racket |
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Related Words: auditory sensation, sound, white noise |
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| 2. |
(noun) sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking" |
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Related Words: bang, banging, bark, blare, blaring, blast, blowup, boom, brouhaha, cacophony, chatter, chattering, chug, clamor, clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clap, clash, clatter, crack, cracking, crackle, crackling, crash, creak, creaking, crepitation, crunch, din, ding-dong, eruption, grinding, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hiss, hissing, howl, hubbub, hum, humming, jangle, loud noise, pant, plash, plonk, plop, plump, racket, rat-a-tat-tat, rat-tat, rattle, rattling, report, rhonchus, roar, roaring, rumble, rumbling, rustle, rustling, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scream, screaming, screech, screeching, scrunch, shreiking, shriek, shrilling, snore, sound, spatter, spattering, splash, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering, squawk, squeak, stridulation, thunder, uproar, whisper, whispering |
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(noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |
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Synonyms: disturbance, interference |
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Related Words: XT, atmospheric static, atmospherics, background, background signal, crosstalk, fadeout, static, trouble |
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| 4. |
(verb) emit a noise |
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Synonyms: make noise, resound |
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Related Words: backfire, blare, blast, brattle, clack, clatter, claxon, clitter, crackle, creak, crunch, drown out, go, honk, howl, hum, jangle, jingle, jinglejangle, purl, racket, ring out, roar, scranch, scraunch, screak, scream, screech, sizzle, skreak, skreigh, skriech, skriegh, sound, squeak, stridulate |
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