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   noise

   /nɔɪz/

   noun

   • 1. a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance: "making a noise like a pig"
   • ▪ a series or combination of loud, confused sounds, especially when causing disturbance: "she was dazed with the heat and noise"
   • ▪ conventional remarks made to express something: "the government made tough noises about defending sterling"
   • 2. irregular fluctuations that accompany a transmitted electrical signal but are not part of it and tend to obscure it: technical "the enhancer can improve the video signal quality, reducing noise and increasing image sharpness"
   • ▪ random fluctuations that obscure or do not contain meaningful data or other information: "over half the magnitude of the differences came from noise in the data"

   verb

   • 1. talk about or make known publicly: "you've discovered something that should not be noised about"
   • 2. make a lot of noise: "rook, crow and jackdaw—noising loud"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘quarrelling’): from Old French, from Latin nausea ‘seasickness’ (see nausea).

   Scrabble Points: 5

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