NOISE
What does "NOISE" mean?
A sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant, or unwanted.
Meanings
- An unwanted or disturbing sound. The constant noise from the construction site made working from home impossible.
- Irrelevant or meaningless data that obscures a true signal. The researchers struggled to separate the real trend from statistical noise. technical
- To spread information by talk or rumour. Word of the merger was noised about long before the official announcement. formal
Did you know?
- 'Noise' is most often traced back to Latin 'nausea', seasickness - as if the original noise was the retching clamour of a storm-tossed crew, sound and sickness sharing one root.
Word origin
From Old French 'noise' (uproar, quarrel), generally traced to Latin 'nausea' (seasickness) - the discomfort of a crowd's clamour likened to the queasiness of a heaving sea.
Remember it
NOISE and NAUSEA likely share a root - too much of one can give you the other.
A little poem
Traffic, drills, a horn-
then the fridge clicks off, and you
hear the room exhale.
haiku
What it teaches
Signal is only visible against silence - to be heard, first learn when to make none.
Quick facts
What does NOISE mean?
A sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant, or unwanted.
Is NOISE a valid word?
Yes — NOISE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NOISE?
NOISE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does NOISE come from?
From Old French 'noise' (uproar, quarrel), generally traced to Latin 'nausea' (seasickness) - the discomfort of a crowd's clamour likened to the queasiness of a heaving sea.
What can NOISE teach us?
Signal is only visible against silence - to be heard, first learn when to make none.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.