Definition of noisy
noisier
;noisiest
1 : making noise noisy trucks and buses
2 : full of or characterized by noise or clamor a noisy office a noisy scene
3 : noticeably showy, gaudy, or bright : conspicuous a noisy sweater
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Examples of noisy in a Sentence
The playground was filled with noisy children.
His lawnmower is very noisy.
Recent Examples of noisy from the Web
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A drunken man became noisy, and some of the attendants felt constrained to knock him down and kick him out into the street.
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Gallagher is one of several residents who came to an Aurora City Council meeting recently to tell their noisy stories to aldermen in the hope something could be done to lessen the noise and make life along the roadway a little safer.
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The event is crowded and can be noisy, which may be stressful for some pets.
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Hogs hear the noisy choppers coming and are often long gone before a hunter can draw a bead.
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Negatives: A bit noisy in the cabin at highway speeds.
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Westchester itself peaked at 30,000 residents before the introduction of noisy jetliners and an expansion of LAX led to the condemnation and demolition of blocks upon blocks of the old neighborhood.
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Like the planet-finding technology from the European Space Agency's Darwin mission, which recently ended up in a bunch of noisy German wind turbines.
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Larger prints of images shot above ISO 800 get noisy and are noticeably fringed.
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First Known Use of noisy
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NOISY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of noisy for English Language Learners
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: making a lot of loud or unpleasant noise
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: full of loud or unpleasant noise
NOISY Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of noisy for Students
noisier
;noisiest
1 : making a lot of noise noisy children
2 : full of noise a noisy street
noisily
\-zə-lē\ adverb The dogs barked noisily.noisiness
\-zē-nəs\ nounLearn More about noisy
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