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In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.

To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]

A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.

ng the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- Scrap"ing*ly, adv.

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton.

Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. How silent is this town! Shak.

ng or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.

A hissing noise. [Colloq. U. S.]

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise. [Colloq.]

The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [Scot.]

A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

A sharp, quick noise; a smack. Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. Dryden.

To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. Sir W. Scott.

engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action.

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

A harsh nasal noise made in sleep.

To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play. Fairfax.

To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. Dryden.