noise

Noun

• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

• incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks
  • all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say
    

• a loud outcry of protest or complaint
  • the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise
    
  • whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could
    

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience
  • modern music is just noise to me
    

• sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  • 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
    

Verb

• emit a noise

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  randomness , haphazardness , stochasticity , interference , disturbance , dissonance , racket , make noise , resound