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

  • (..) We're uploading your cerebral matrix...now. I can read him. He is dreaming. I wouldn't call it dreams. It's Ultron's base consciousness. Informational noise. Soon... How soon? I'm not being pushy. We're imprinting a physical brain. There are no shortcuts. Even if you imagined... Aaah! He... (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) You're all killers. - Stark. - Jarvis? I'm sorry, I was asleep. Or...I was a dream? Reboot. Legionnaire 's got a buggy suit. There was this...terrible noise...and I was tangled in... in... ...strings. Had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy. You killed someone? Who sent you? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron