noise

1. Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) (synset 107402109)
   "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 type of: sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event
   subtypes:

   • bam, bang, blast, clap, eruption - a sudden very loud noise
   • banging - a continuing very loud noise
   • bark - a noise resembling the bark of a dog
   • blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din - a loud harsh or strident noise
   • boom, roar, roaring, thunder - a deep prolonged loud noise
   • chatter, chattering - the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
   • chatter, chattering - the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
   • chug - the dull explosive noise made by an engine
   • clack, clap - a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
   • clang, clangor, clangoring, clangour, clank, clash, crash - a loud resonant repeating noise
   • clatter - a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)
   • crack, cracking, snap - a sudden sharp noise
   • crackle, crackling, crepitation - the sharp sound of snapping noises
   • creak, creaking - a squeaking sound
   • crunch - the sound of something crunching
   • ding-dong - the noise made by a bell
   • explosion - the noise caused by an explosion
   • grate - a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
   • grinding - a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears)
   • grunt, oink - the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
   • fizzle, hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation - a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)
   • howl - a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound
   • brouhaha, hubbub, katzenjammer, uproar - loud confused noise from many sources
   • hum, humming - a humming noise
   • pant - the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
   • plonk - the noise of something dropping (as into liquid)
   • plop - the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash
   • plump - the sound of a sudden heavy fall
   • racket - a loud and disturbing noise
   • rale, rattle, rattling - a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
   • report - a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
   • rhonchus - a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels
   • grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling - a loud low dull continuous noise
   • rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering - a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind
   • scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching - a harsh noise made by scraping
   • scream, screaming, screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking - a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
   • scrunch - a crunching noise
   • shrilling - a continuing shrill noise
   • sizzle - a sizzling noise
   • slam - the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
   • snap - the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
   • snore - the rattling noise produced when snoring
   • spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, splutter, sputter, sputtering - the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
   • plash, splash - the sound like water splashing
   • squawk - the noise of squawking
   • squeak - a short high-pitched noise
   • squish - the noise of soft mud being walked on
   • stridulation - a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together
   • swoosh, whoosh - the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)
   • thunder - a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning
2. The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality;
   Sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience (synset 105728195)
   "modern music is just noise to me"
   is a type of: auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something
   same as: dissonance, racket
3. Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication (synset 107444811)
   is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain
   subtypes:

   • clutter - unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen
   • background, background signal - extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
   • crosstalk, xt - the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
   • fadeout - a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances
   • jitter - small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
   • atmospheric static, atmospherics, static - a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
   • white noise - a noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibration
   same as: disturbance, interference
4. A loud outcry of protest or complaint (synset 107137438)
   "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 type of: call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
5. Incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks (synset 104830262)
   "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"
   is a type of: incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible
6. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan (synset 104778571)
   is a type of: irregularity, unregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals
   subtypes: ergodicity - an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions
   same as: haphazardness, randomness, stochasticity

1. Emit a noise (synset 202177332)
   is a type of: go, sound - make a certain noise or sound
   subtypes:

   • sizzle - make a sound like frying fat
   • howl, roar - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
   • purl, sough - make a murmuring sound
   • claxon, honk - use the horn of a car
   • hum - make a low continuous sound
   • crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch - make a crushing noise
   • creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine - make a high-pitched, screeching noise
   • racket - make loud and annoying noises
   • brattle, clack, clatter - make a rattling sound
   • clitter, stridulate - make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
   • drown out - make imperceptible
   • jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle - make a sound typical of metallic objects
   • scream - make a loud, piercing sound
   • backfire - emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
   • ring out - sound loudly
   • blare, blast - make a strident sound
   same as: make noise, resound

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