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Definition of Make noise
1. Verb. Emit a noise.
Specialized synonyms: Sizzle, Howl, Roar, Purl, Sough, Claxon, Honk, Hum, Crackle, Crunch, Scranch, Scraunch, Creak, Screak, Screech, Skreak, Squeak, Whine, Racket, Brattle, Clack, Clatter, Clitter, Stridulate, Drown Out, Jangle, Jingle, Jingle-jangle, Scream, Backfire, Ring Out, Blare, Blast
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Noise, Noise, Resonant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Noise
Literary usage of Make noise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1840)
"... who lived there, told his neighbours, " After May day we shall have nothing
but praying and preaching : but I will make noise enough to stop it. ..."
2. Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings: With Extracts from a Diary of Salado by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1865)
"... they are suffered to make Noise with the Wheels—View from our Encampment—Lighting
Fires—Pitching Tents—Trumpet sounding to Bed—Mosquitoes. ..."
3. A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language for the Use of by Frederic Baraga (1878)
"I make him cry, I cause him to make noise ; p. -wem..ad. ... I make noise; also,
I speak imprudently ; p. wern..aid. ..."
4. The Practical Management of Dynamos and Motors by Francis Bacon Crocker, Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, H. A. Foster (1894)
"A new machine will sometimes make noise from rough commutator, no matter how
carefully it is turned off, because the difference in hardness between mica and ..."
5. History of Gorham, Me. by Hugh Davis McLellan (1902)
"... 'Young Bill' and dog go spring for water, not take him, fear dog make noise
and have to fire gun and make noise alarm all people and no make nothing. ..."
6. The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., Founder of the Methodists by Luke Tyerman (1872)
"... he preached in the street; a large mob assembled ; and, for "fear they should
not make noise enough, the good churchwarden hired men to ring the bells. ..."
7. Thompson in Africa: Or, An Account of the Missionary Labors, Sufferings by George Thompson (1852)
"Who have a child cry, it may no make noise here—carry it out, and give it suck.
... It is not the word of man—no for make fun, or make noise. ..."
8. Modern Engineering Practice: A Reference Library by American School (Chicago, Ill.) (1906)
"Occasionally, a new machine will make noise that is reduced after the machine
has been run for some time. SYMPTOM. Sound of high pitch, and easily located ..."
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