make noise

verb

To make a noise.

Similar
resoundnoise
OriginTamil சத்தம் போடு →
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Meanings

verbmake noise (third-person singular simple present makes noise, present participle making noise, simple past and past participle made noise)

present singular third person makes noise · participle present making noise · participle past made noise · past made noise

  1. literallyTo make a noise.
  2. figurativelyinformalTo applaud or cheer; to display a loud appreciation for someone or something.

    If you got short hair, make noise!

    1999, “Be Faithful”, Isaac Freeman, Edmund Bini, Joseph Rizzo, Sean Combs, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Faith Evans, Ronald Lawrence, Nile Rodgers, James Alexander, Ben Cauley, Johnny Hammond, Allen Jones, William McLean, Andres Titus (music) (Compact Disc), performed by Fatman Scoop, United States: AV8
  3. MalaysiaSingaporeidiomaticTo scold, condemn, or criticize very harshly.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbemit a noise

Similar
resoundnoise
Broader
soundgo
Also see
noiseresound

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Tamilசத்தம் போடு
  2. Englishmake noise

Sense 3 is likely a semantic loan from Tamil சத்தம் போடு (cattam pōṭu).

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Translations

Danish støje
  • støjeto make a sound
Esperanto brui
  • bruito make a sound
Estonian kõlama
  • kõlamato make a sound
Finnish mekastaa, mekkaloida
  • mekastaato make a sound
  • mekkaloidato make a sound
  • melskatato make a sound
  • mölytäto make a sound
German Lärm machen
  • Lärm machento make a sound
Hungarian zajong, lármázik
  • zajongto make a sound
  • lármázikto make a sound
  • lármázto make a sound
  • zajt csapto make a sound
Italian fare rumore, rumoreggiare
  • fare rumoreto make a sound
  • rumoreggiareto make a sound
Romanian face gălăgie
  • face gălăgieto make a sound
Spanish embullar, traquetear
  • embullarto make a sound
  • traquetearto make a sound
  • roznarto make a sound
  • rustirto make a sound
Tamil சத்தம் போடு, பிட்கு
  • சத்தம் போடு (cattam pōṭu)to make a sound
  • பிட்கு (piṭku)to make a sound
  • சவுண்டு கொடு (cavuṇṭu koṭu)to make a sound
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