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Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd.

muffle the oars, to put something round that part which rests in the rowlock, to prevent noise in rowing. -- To put in one's oar, to give aid or advice; -- commonly used of a person who obtrudes aid or counsel not invited. -- To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks. -- To toss the oars, To peak the oars, to…

Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city." Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.

To emit with great noise. [Obs.] Fairfax.

To silence by talk, clamor, or noise. [R.] Shak.

To exceed in noise. Shak.

To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad. The warrior's name, Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame. J. Barlow.

against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. Bacon.

To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.

A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.

To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.

Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, dancing, etc., performed by Indians for the cure of diseases, to procure success in hunting or in war, and for other purposes.

Love of empty of empty talk or noise. Coleridge.

A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. "All in a pudder." Milton.

The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise. Chaucer.

Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight. Quaker buttons. (Bot.) See Nux vomica. -- Quaker gun, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material; -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold to the doctrine, of nonresistance. -- Quaker ladies (…

To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.

Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.

The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness. I would have peace and quietness. Shak.