noisy

noise +‎ -y

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɪzi/

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• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːɪzɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪzi

noisy (comparative noisier, superlative noisiest)

1. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

   Synonyms: clamorous, vociferous, turbulent, boisterous

   the noisy crowd.

2. Full of noise.

   a noisy bar

3. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention

   noisy clothes

4. (technical) Accompanied by or introducing random fluctuations that obscure the real signal or data
   • 2024 March 28, Nate Silver, “How culture trumps economic class as the new political fault line”, in Silver Bulletin‎:

     Looked at more carefully, and over a longer time period, the relationship between the economy and the incumbent’s performance is positive, but noisy. “The incumbent wins when the economy is good” is a useful, weak prior, but not an iron law, and one that historically has had many exceptions.

• “noisy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• yonis