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make noise

/meɪk nɔɪz/
/meɪk nɔɪz/
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Other forms: making noise; made noise; makes noise

Definitions of make noise
  1. verb
    emit a noise
    synonyms: noise, resound
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    types:
    sizzle
    make a sound like frying fat
    howl, roar
    make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
    purl, sough
    make a murmuring sound
    claxon, honk
    use the horn of a car
    hum
    make a low continuous sound
    crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch
    make a crushing noise
    creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine
    make a high-pitched, screeching noise
    racket
    make loud and annoying noises
    brattle, clack, clatter
    make a rattling sound
    clitter, stridulate
    make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures
    drown out
    make imperceptible
    jangle, jingle, jingle-jangle
    make a sound typical of metallic objects
    scream
    make a loud, piercing sound
    backfire
    emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
    ring out
    sound loudly
    blare, blast
    make a strident sound
    vroom
    make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving
    bawl, yawp
    make a raucous noise
    thunder
    make or produce a loud noise
    crump, scrunch, thud
    make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
    type of:
    go, sound
    make a certain noise or sound
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