noise.
Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
Meaning & usage
Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
Any sound.
The sudden noise made everyone jump.
She crept up behind him not making a noise.
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations.
Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
Rumour or complaint.
The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office.
Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion.
Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/. Displaced native Old English swēġ.
To make a noise; to sound.
To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
an ugly story that was being noised about in newsrooms across the nation
Where this word comes from
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/. Displaced native Old English swēġ.
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