What does NOISY mean?

Definitions for NOISY
ˈnɔɪ zinoisy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. noisyadjective

    full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

    "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"

  2. noisyadjective

    attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

    "a noisy sweater"

Wiktionary

  1. noisyadjective

    Making a noise, especially a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

  2. noisyadjective

    Full of noise.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Noisyadjective

    Etymology: from noise.

    O leave the noisy town, O come and see
    Our country cotts, and live content with me! Dryden.

    To noisy fools a grave attention lend. Smith.

    Although he employs his talents wholly in his closet, he is sure to raise the hatred of the noisy crowd. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. noisy

    Noisy refers to something characterized by or producing a lot of loud, harsh, or disruptive sounds. It can also refer to a situation, environment, or scenario filled with distracting or overwhelming stimulus, causing a lack of peace or quiet.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Noisy

    making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd

  2. Noisy

    full of noise

  3. Etymology: [From Noise.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Noisy

    noiz′i, adj. making a loud noise or sound: attended with noise: clamorous: turbulent.—adv. Nois′ily.—n. Nois′iness.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'NOISY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4753

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'NOISY' in Adjectives Frequency: #993

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of NOISY in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of NOISY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of NOISY in a Sentence

  1. Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX:

    [Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    No one is asked whether they wish To be born. Everyone is asked to die. Life is comprised of the noisy silence One makes of it.

  3. Le Prell:

    This systematic review highlights the very limited data on prevention of recreational music-induced hearing loss using earplugs, at younger ages, loud toys, firecrackers, loud video games, personal stereos or personal music players, lawnmowers or leaf blowers, sporting events or air shows, or other non-music events might be more likely noisy activities than music venue attendance.

  4. Kevin Trenberth:

    The global mean surface temperature record is greatly affected by weather, El Nino and so forth, the ocean heat warming signal is much more visible and not as noisy.

  5. Tianycia Leonard:

    It was so noisy, but then you could tell it was gunshots and there was a lot of rounds.

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