MAKE NOISE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does make noise mean? 

• MAKE NOISE (verb)
  The verb MAKE NOISE has 1 sense:

1. emit a noise

  Familiarity information: MAKE NOISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE NOISE (verb)

Meaning:

Emit a noise

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

make noise; noise; resound

Hypernyms (to "make noise" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make noise"):

sizzle (make a sound like frying fat)

ring out (sound loudly)

backfire (emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire)

scream (make a loud, piercing sound)

jangle; jingle; jingle-jangle (make a sound typical of metallic objects)

drown out (make imperceptible)

clitter; stridulate (make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures)

brattle; clack; clatter (make a rattling sound)

racket (make loud and annoying noises)

creak; screak; screech; skreak; squeak (make a high-pitched, screeching noise)

crackle; crunch; scranch; scraunch (make crunching noises)

hum (make a low continuous sound)

claxon; honk (use the horn of a car)

purl (make a murmuring sound)

howl; roar (make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles)

blare; blast (make a strident sound)

Sentence frames:

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