noise

n

1. sound, clamor, din, hubbub, babel, racket; ballyhoo, outcry, bawl, hue and cry, vociferation; cacophony, dissonance, discord; uproar, hullabaloo, clangor, fracas, bedlam, tumult, pandemonium, turmoil, commotion, bluster, rumpus, Inf. ruckus; clapping, applause.

2. talk, talking, chatter, chattering, jabber, jabbering, babble, babbling. Fr. bavardage. prate, prattle.

3. cry, sob, wail, moan, groan, keen, ululation, whimper, whine, mewl; shout, whoop, Inf. holler, squall, yell, roar, bellow; scream, shriek, shrill, screech, Scot, and North Eng. skirl, catcall, whistle, wolf whistle, hiss.

4.(all of animals) bark, yap, yelp, bowwow, woof; meow, miaow, mew, purr, caterwaul; yowl, howl, bay; whinny, neigh, bray, moo, low; baa, bleat, blat, oink, squeal, grunt; cluck, cackle, gabble, quack, squawk, gobble, honk; chirp, cheep, peep, coo, bill, cuckoo; hoot, caw, crow, cock-a-doodle-doo; croak, ribbit.

5. blare, blast, bang, boom, growl, rumble, thunder; clatter, brattle, rattle, jingle, jangle; ring, ting, cling, tinkle, tintinnabulation; ding, ding-dong, chime, peal, knell, toll, sounding, resounding, reverberation; clink, chink, clank, Inf. clunk, click, clack, clang, twang; whistle, whir, buzz, hum, drone; hiss, whoosh, whiz, zing, Inf. zip; creak, grate, grind, scraping, scratching, rasp, stridulation.

6. static, interference, feedback.

v

7. spread rumors, gossip, circulate, rumor, report, Archaic. bruit