English > noise: 7 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound). |
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| 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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| Narrower | bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam | A sudden very loud noise |
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| 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 |
| clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, 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 |
| hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation | A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) |
| howl | A loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound |
| hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer | 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 / liquid) |
| plop | The noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid / liquid without a splash |
| plump | The sound of a sudden heavy fall |
| racket | A loud and disturbing noise |
| rattle, rattling, rale | 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 |
| rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling | 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 |
| screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming | 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, sputter, splutter, sputtering | The noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively |
| splash, plash | 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 / liquid) |
| thunder | A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
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| Spanish | bullicio, ruido |
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| Catalan | fressa, soroll |
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| Verbs | noise | emit a noise |
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English > noise: 7 senses > verb 1, perception| Meaning | emit a noise. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
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| Synonyms | make noise, resound |
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| Entailed by | deafen | Be unbearably loud |
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| Narrower | backfire | emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire |
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| blast, blare | make a strident sound |
| clatter, clack, brattle | make a rattling sound |
| crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle | Make a crushing noise |
| drown out | make imperceptible |
| honk, claxon | Use the horn of a car |
| hum | make a low continuous sound |
| jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle | make a sound typical of metallic objects |
| racket | make loud and annoying noises |
| ring out | sound loudly |
| roar, howl | make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles |
| scream | make a loud, piercing sound |
| sizzle | make a sound like frying fat |
| sough, purl | Make a murmuring sound |
| stridulate, clitter | make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures |
| whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak | Make a high-pitched, screeching noise |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
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| Spanish | hacer ruido, resonar, retumbar, ruido, sonar |
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| Catalan | ressonar, retrunyir |
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| Nouns | noise | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality |
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| noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
