whitenoise

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verb

To ignore or fail to comprehend (speech or language).

“I've been reading some more in Spanish but I've been whitenoising a fair bit — what should I do?”

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Meanings

verbwhitenoise (third-person singular simple present whitenoises, present participle whitenoising, simple past and past participle whitenoised)

present singular third person whitenoises · participle present whitenoising · participle past whitenoised · past whitenoised

  1. To ignore or fail to comprehend (speech or language).

    I've been reading some more in Spanish but I've been whitenoising a fair bit — what should I do?

Origin

From white noise, in its sense of “something that goes uncomprehended”.

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APA

whitenoise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitenoise

MLA

“whitenoise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitenoise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whitenoise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whitenoise.

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