sound, esp. of a loud, harsh, or confused kind

deafening noises.

a sound of any kind

to hear a noise at the door.

loud shouting, outcry, or clamor.

a nonharmonious or discordant group of sounds.

an electric disturbance in a communications system that interferes with or prevents reception of a signal or of information, as the buzz on a telephone or snow on a television screen.

Informal . extraneous, irrelevant, or meaningless facts, information, statistics, etc.

The noise in the report obscured its useful information.

Obsolete . rumor or gossip, esp. slander.

to spread, as a report or rumor; disseminate (usually fol. by about or abroad )

A new scandal is being noised about.

to talk much or publicly.

to make a noise, outcry, or clamor. ?

make noises

Informal . to speak vaguely; hint

He is making noises to the press about running for public office.

noun

silence

noun

babble , babel , bang , bedlam , bellow , bewailing , blare , blast , boisterousness , boom , buzz , cacophony , caterwauling , clamor , clang , clatter , commotion , crash , cry , detonation , din , discord , disquiet , disquietude , drumming , eruption , explosion , fanfare , fireworks , fracas * , fuss * , hoo-ha * , hubbub * , hullabaloo * , jangle , lamentation , outcry , pandemonium , peal , racket , ring , roar , row , shot , shouting , sonance , squawk , stridency , talk , thud , tumult , turbulence , uproar , uproariousness , yelling , yelp , hubbub , hullabaloo , rumpus , acoustics , blatancy , brouhaha , bruit , charivari , crescendo , discordance , fuss , gossip , havoc , hilarity , hullabaloo (colloq.) , phonics , powwow(slang) , reverberation , rout , sound , thunder , tintinnabulation , vociferation

verb

blaze , blazon , broadcast , bruit , circulate , disseminate , promulgate , propagate , spread , blab , rumor , talk , tattle , tittle-tattle , whisper