noise (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 11
def sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
examples 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
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Hypernym sound
Derivationally related form noise → noise
Hyponym bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam; banging; bark; blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din; boom, roar, roaring, thunder; chatter, chattering; chatter, chattering; chug; clack, clap; clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash; clatter; crack, cracking, snap; crackle, crackling, crepitation; creak, creaking; crunch; ding-dong; explosion; grate; grinding; grunt, oink; hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation; howl; hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer; hum, humming; pant; plonk; plop; plump; racket; rattle, rattling, rale; report; rhonchus; rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling; rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering; scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching; screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming; scrunch; shrilling; sizzle; slam; snap; snore; spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering; splash, plash; squawk; squeak; squish; stridulation; swoosh, whoosh; thunder
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Hyponym sound
Hypernym bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam; banging; bark; blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din; boom, roar, roaring, thunder; chatter, chattering; chatter, chattering; chug; clack, clap; clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash; clatter; crack, cracking, snap; crackle, crackling, crepitation; creak, creaking; crunch; ding-dong; explosion; grate; grinding; grunt, oink; hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation; howl; hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer; hum, humming; pant; plonk; plop; plump; racket; rattle, rattling, rale; report; rhonchus; rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling; rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering; scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching; screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming; scrunch; shrilling; sizzle; slam; snap; snore; spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering; splash, plash; squawk; squeak; squish; stridulation; swoosh, whoosh; thunder
Derivationally related form noise → noise

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