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Definition of Noisemaker
1. Noun. A device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration.
Definition of Noisemaker
1. Noun. A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event. ¹
2. Noun. A device comprised of a handle with a ratchet at one end, with the ratchet end contained within a box that serves as an echo chamber, so that swinging or moving the device causes the ratchet to rotate within the box, creating a series of loud clicking sounds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Noisemaker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noisemaker
Literary usage of Noisemaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"And as English music is gle and noise, so the musician is the noisemaker for the
people, and nothing more. Even amongst the upper classes, except in some ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"noisemaker. We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. Gon. I '11 warrant
him for drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell, ..."
3. Iowa Journal of History by State Historical Society of Iowa (1921)
"Bogus Cave, by Mary A. James, A noisemaker With a History, by 0. D. Brandenburg,
Nelson Dewey, First Governor of Wisconsin, 1848-1852, Old-Time Taverns in ..."
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