noise

Definition

  • noun: a loud or unpleasant sound
  • noun: loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry
  • verb: to talk much or loudly
  • usually used with 'about' or 'abroad'

Examples

  • She started 'making noises''about' running for office. [=she started saying things that showed she was thinking about running for office]

  • Politicians are 'making (all) the right noises' about improving the schools, but they don't want to spend any money to do it.

  • Congress has been 'making' (a lot of) 'noise' about lowering taxes, but no one expects it to happen.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yeah. This is your first time on a private plane? My first time on any plane. Should it...? Should it be...? Should it be making that noise? Shh. Shh. No one has actually told me why I'm in Berlin or what I'm doing. Something about Captain America going crazy. (..)
    2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming