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To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3.

A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.

To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.

r habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

ho investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc.

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.

Any loud and continued noise. Addison.

rike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

To make a loud or shrill noise. [Obs.] Golding.

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

To make a rattling noise with. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.

The noise or call of a brooding hen.