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Noise Make I Nɔɪz Coming Making Noun Rattling

Word3 noise
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /nɔɪz/ /nɔɪz/
Example
  • there was a rattling noise coming from the back of the car.
  • what's that noise?
  • i heard a loud noise and turned around.
  • don't make a noise.
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noise

(noun)/nɔɪz/ /nɔɪz/
  1. a sound, especially when it is loud, unpleasant or frightening
    • SEE ALSO white noise
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/white-noise
    • There was a rattling noise coming from the back of the car.
    • What's that noise?
    • I heard a loud noise and turned around.
    • Don't make a noise.
    • They were making too much noise.
    • I was woken by the noise of a car starting up.
    • There was constant background noise from the motorway.
    • Measures are needed to reduce noise levels.
    • We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.

    Extra Examples

    • She was making a lot of noise.
    • The deafening noise of the machine died away to a rumble.
    • The slightest noise will wake him.
    • There were strange noises coming from the kitchen.
    • We could hear funny little sucking noises.
    • Wood is used to deaden the noise.
    • the noise created by aircraft
    • the noise from the engine room
    • Don't make so much noise.
    • She uses the ambient noise of the water to keep the audience uneasy.
  2. extra electrical or electronic signals that are not part of the signal that is being broadcast or transmitted and which may damage it
    • Place the devices as close as possible to the sensors to reduce noise in the signal.
  3. information that is not wanted and that can make it difficult for the important or useful information to be seen clearly
    • There is some noise in the data which needs to be reduced.
  4. an important person
  5. to complain loudly
    • I will continue to make as much noise as I can to support the scheme.
  6. to talk in an indirect way about something that you think you might do
    • The company has been making noises about closing several factories.
  7. to complain about something
  8. to make remarks of the kind mentioned, even when that is not what you really think
    • He made all the right noises at the meeting yesterday (= said what people wanted to hear).

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (also in the sense ‘quarrelling’): from Old French, from Latin nausea ‘seasickness’, from Greek nausia, from naus ‘ship’.
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