Noise

n. [O. Fr. noise, nose, strife, quarrel, noise; Pr. nausa, noysa, nosa, from Lat. noxa, hurt, injury, from nocere, to hurt; but the Provençal word seems to be from nausea, sea-sickness, sickness, disgust.]

1Sense 1. Sound of any kind; audible tone; resonance perceptible to the ear; as, a loud noise; a shrill noise.

The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. Bacon.

2Sense 2. Especially, over-loud, empty, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.

What noise have we about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! Baker.

3Sense 3. Frequent talk; public conversation; stir.

Socrates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages, and never caught the least infection. Spectator.

4Sense 4. Music, in general; a concert. [Obs.] Milton.

5Sense 5. A set or company of musicians; a band. [Obs.]

The king has his noise of gypsies, as well as of bearwards, and other minstrels. B. Jonson.

Synonyms—Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; tumult; uproar.

v. i. To sound loud.

Harm those terrors did me none, though noising loud. Milton.