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   noise

   /nɔɪz/

   noun

   • 1. a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance: "making a noise like a pig"
   • ▪ a series or combination of loud, confused sounds, especially when causing disturbance: "she was dazed with the heat and noise"
   • ▪ conventional remarks made to express something: "the government made tough noises about defending sterling"
   • 2. irregular fluctuations that accompany a transmitted electrical signal but are not part of it and tend to obscure it: technical "the enhancer can improve the video signal quality, reducing noise and increasing image sharpness"
   • ▪ random fluctuations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data or other information: "over half the magnitude of the differences came from noise in the data"

   verb

   • 1. talk about or make known publicly: "you've discovered something that should not be noised about"
   • 2. make a lot of noise: "rook, crow and jackdaw—noising loud"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘quarrelling’): from Old French, from Latin nausea ‘seasickness’ (see nausea).

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   Noise definition: sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind. See examples of NOISE used in a sentence.

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   A noise is any sound. Often, it means a sound people don't like, like the noise of traffic or a barking dog. When someone yells "What is that noise?!" you can be sure they're not happy about what they're hearing. They mean noise as anything too loud or annoying. When it comes to music, people often disagree on what's noise and what isn't.

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