Noise | Mean of noise in English Dictionary

/ˈnoɪz/

• Noun
• a loud or unpleasant sound
1. I couldn't hear him over all the noise.
2. That's not music. To me it's a bunch of noise.
3. The furnace makes a lot of noise when it comes on.
4. We closed the windows to block out the traffic noise.
5. The landlord has been getting complaints from the tenants about noise.
• a sound that someone or something makes
1. There were noises coming from the basement.
2. The sink was making a gurgling noise.
3. Do you hear that rattling/buzzing/banging noise?
4. The machine hardly makes any noise.
• unwanted electronic signals that harm the quality of something (such as a radio or television broadcast or a digital photograph)

• information that is not useful or important and that makes it more difficult to find the information that you want or need
1. The initial data included a lot of noise that had to be weeded out.
• to talk about something
1. Congress has been making (a lot of) noise about lowering taxes, but no one expects it to happen.
• to complain about something
1. People have been making (a lot of) noise about the price increases.
• to talk about something in usually an indirect way
1. She started making noises about running for office. [=she started saying things that showed she was thinking about running for office]
2. Her parents are making noises about wanting a grandchild.
3. The government has been making some encouraging noises about the possibility of a tax cut.
• to make statements of a specified kind
1. The company has been making soothing/reassuring noises to calm the fears of investors.
2. Politicians are making (all) the right noises about improving the schools, but they don't want to spend any money to do it.