Definitions for noisy
ˈnɔɪ zinoisy

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. noisy(adj)

   full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

   "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"

2. noisy(adj)

   attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

   "a noisy sweater"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. noisy(Adjective)

   Making a noise, especially a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

2. noisy(Adjective)

   Full of noise.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Noisy

   making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd

   Etymology: [From Noise.]

2. Noisy

   full of noise

   Etymology: [From Noise.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Noisy

   noiz′i, adj. making a loud noise or sound: attended with noise: clamorous: turbulent.—adv. Nois′ily.—n. Nois′iness.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'noisy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4753

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'noisy' in Adjectives Frequency: #993

Anagrams for noisy »

1. yonis

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of noisy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of noisy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of noisy in a Sentence

1. Pranab Mukherjee:

   There is a growing tendency to resort to disruption as a means of parliamentary intervention. Dissent is a recognized democratic expression, but disruption leads to loss of time and resources, and paralyses policy formulation, under no circumstances should there be disruption of the proceedings. A noisy minority cannot be allowed to gag a patient majority.

2. Milan Kundera, Interview on The Book of Laughter and Forgetting:

   The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything... it seems to me that all over the world people nowadays prefer to judge rather than to understand, to answer rather than to ask, so that the voice of the novel can hardly be heard over the noisy foolishness of human certainties.

3. Jim Ratcliffe:

   If I look at fracking groups, the majority of the ones I have met and heard about are ignorant about fracking, it's outrageous that the government listen to a noisy, miniscule minority instead of looking at science.

4. Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX:

   [Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.

5. Robert Daly:

   The truth is, we track them tracking us, and we learn about their capabilities, chinese submarines are growing in number, but they're still relatively noisy.

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