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noise

Pronunciation: (noiz), [key]
—n., v., noised, nois•ing.

—n.
1. sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind: deafening noises.
2. a sound of any kind: to hear a noise at the door.
3. loud shouting, outcry, or clamor.
4. a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds.
5. an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen.
6. Informal.extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.: The noise in the report obscured its useful information.
7. Obs.rumor or gossip, esp. slander.
8. make noises, Informal.to speak vaguely; hint: He is making noises to the press about running for public office.

—v.t.
to spread, as a report or rumor; disseminate (usually fol. by about or abroad): A new scandal is being noised about.

—v.i.
1. to talk much or publicly.
2. to make a noise, outcry, or clamor.

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