Noisemaker

Quick meaning: Noisemaker is a noun meaning A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.

Meaning

A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.

More Meanings

1. A device comprising a handle with a ratchet at one end, with the ratchet end contained within a box that serves as an echo chamber, so that swinging or moving the device causes the ratchet to rotate within the box, creating a series of loud clicking sounds

Example Sentences

The noisemakers spread from soccer to the N.B.A. and other sports.

Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."

Women will gather at Filenes with pots and pans as noise-makers and march to Deak-Perera, a firm which sells the South African gold coin.

Word Forms

• noisemakers

Synonyms for noisemaker

Depending on context, synonyms include ratchet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cacophonist, merrymaker, trumpeter, overblower, sounder, merry-maker.

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