NO – adjectives
– NO-DICE no; without success; being refused, or refused permission …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
no – adverbs
– IXNAY no; not possibly, not at all …1929 US colloq.
– NIT no …1895 Amer. dial.
– NIX no …1909 Amer. dial.
– NIXIE no …1894 Amer. dial.
– NIXY no …1894 Amer. dial.
– ON no …M19 back-slang
no – nouns
– ARTHUR no …1988 Sc. rhyming sl. (Arthur Lowe)
– ARTHUR LOWE no …1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
no – interjections
– ACK! No! refusal of a request …Bk1921 sl.
– CACA! an exclamation of negation or anger …1970s sl.
– CHALE! no! never! …1950 US
– DROP DEAD! no! beat it! …Bk2006 US sl.
– NAH! no! …1920s US
– NANTE! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
– NANTY! no; nothing; none; stop; shut up; not ..1851 UK sl.
– NEGATIVE! no! …1940s
– NIT! no! definitely not! …1895 Amer. dial.
– NIX! no! definitely not! …1928 Amer. dial.
– NIXIE! no! definitely not! …1894 Amer. dial.
– NIXY! no! definitely not! …1894 Amer. dial.
– NO SIREE absolutely no …1848 US sl.
– NO SIREE BOB! emphatic for ‘no’ …1848 US sl.
– NOT BLOODY LIKELY! used as an emphatic negative …1914 UK sl.
– NOT FUCKING LIKELY! used as an emphatic negative …1937 UK sl.
– NOT IN THESE TROUSERS! certainly not! …1920
– NOT ON YOUR NELLIE!, NOT ON YOUR NELLY! absolutely not! under no circumstances! …1989
– UH-UH! no …1924 US sl.
– YEAH-YEAH! no …2000 UK sl.
no – phrases
– NANTOISALE no; nothing; none …1997 UK sl.
– NANTOISE no; nothing; none …1997 UK sl.
– NANTS no, nothing, none …1997 UK sl.
– NOT EVEN no, not at all …1984 US sl.
– NOT ON YOUR TINTYPE an emphatic negative …Bk1913-17
NOBILITY – nouns
– EARLSHIP † manliness, bravery; nobility, lordship …a1000
– HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time …a1300
– MAGNANIMITY nobility of feeling; superiority to petty resentment or jealousy; generous disregard of injuries …1771
– OPTIMACY † the upper classes in the state; the nobility or aristocracy …1579-80
NOBLE – adjectives
– DEAR † of persons: glorious, noble, honourable, worthy …a1000
– DEARWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1175
– DEARWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1374
– DERWORTH † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1175
– DERWORTHY † worthy, honourable, noble, glorious …c1374
– DRIGHTLIKE † noble, lordly …c1205
– FAIR † excellent, admirable; good, desirable; noble, honourable; reputable …c1225
– FAIR AND FREE * beautiful and noble; used as a conventional complimentary epithet, originally and chiefly for a woman …c1300 arch.
– HANDSOME honourable, noble; good, giving good quality or measure …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HAUGHT 1. † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty …a1470
2. † of exalted rank or station; high-born, noble …1470-85
– HENDY † of a person: courteous, civil, gracious; lovely, agreeable; noble, valiant …a1250
– MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy …1598
– RACY †* noble, superior …1675
– WALE † chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly …c1250
noble – nouns
– FACT † a noble or brave deed, an exploit; a feat of valour or skill …1543
– PARAGE † lineage, descent, rank; esp. noble or high lineage …a1300
– VASSALAGE † a brave or chivalrous act; a noble or gallant exploit …c1330
noble – person (includes NOBLEMAN)
– ADELMAN a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman …Bk1708
– ALII a noble person; a chief …1938 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
– ATHEL a prince, a noble …1857 Sc.
– BELTED EARL one who assumes or pretends to noble birth …1936 Amer. sl.
– BERN † a man; a knight; a noble …Bk1825
– BIRTHMAN † a man of good birth …Bk1862
– CADS OF THE ARISTOCRACY liveried footman, servants, and all other hangers-on upon the nobility and gentry …Bk1890 sl.
– EADELMAN † a nobleman; an earl …Bk1708
– EARL 1. † a man of noble rank, as distinguished from a ‘ceorl’ or churl, or ordinary freeman …a1000
2. a nobleman who ranks below a marquis, and next above a viscount …a1123
– GALAHAD a person likened to Sir Galahad in some way, esp. in nobility, integrity, courteousness, etc. …1854
– GENTLE KNIGHT a noble, generous, courteous person …1590 arch.
– GENTRY COFE a nobleman or a gentleman …1567 sl.
– GENTRY COVE a nobleman, a gentleman …1608 UK criminals’ sl.
– GENTRY CUFFIN a nobleman, a gentleman …1611 UK criminals’ sl.
– GENTRY MORT a noble woman, or a gentlewoman; a lady …1567 sl.
– GOLD HATBAND † a nobleman at the University …1618 Brit.
– HATHEL † a noble, a man of worth; man …a1300
– NOB a nobleman; a gentleman …1753 sl.
– OPTIMATE a noble or aristocrat …c1611
– YOUNKER † a young nobleman or gentleman; a youth of high rank; orig. Dutch or German …1505
noble – verbs
– HAVE A SOUL ABOVE BUTTONS † to have a refined or noble character or sensibility; to have aspirations or ambitions beyond what is expected or usual for someone born into a manual trade or occupation, or of low social status; to be intellectually or culturally elevated …1795
– NOBILITATE † to raise to noble rank, to give added dignity to …1710 Sc.
NOBLY – adverbs
– FAIR in a beautiful or comely manner; agreeably, beautifully, brightly, handsomely, nobly …a1000
– SUMPTUOUSLY * splendidly, nobly …1750
NOBODY – person
– DALE A ONE no one …20C Irish usage
– JACK-A-LENT a simpleton, a nobody …17C colloq.
– JACK O’ LENT a simpleton, a nobody …17C colloq.
– JACK-STRAW a man of no substance, worth, or consideration; a nobody…1596
– VANTZ a nobody …Bk1982 Jewish
– ZERO a person of no importance or consequence; a useless, worthless, or insignificant person; a nobody, a nonentity …1650
– ZILCH an ordinary or completely dull, ineffectual, unattractive, or insignificant person; a person without much social or academic ability; a person of little consequence; a nobody; a socially inept outcast …1967 US sl.
– ZOB * a weak or contemptible person; a fool; a good-for-nothing; a worthless person; a nobody …1911 US sl.
nobody – phrases
– NOT A MAN JACK not a single one; nobody …E19 sl.
NOD – nouns
– BECK a nod, a curtsy …1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEND OF THE FILBERT a bow of the head; a nod …18C sl.
– BOB a curtsy, obeisance, nod …Bk1911 Sc.
– NICK † a nod …1879 Sc.
nod – verbs
– BECK to nod or bow the head; to curtsy, to make obeisance …1724 Sc.
– BECKON † to nod; to bow …1578
– DODDLE to shake or nod the head …1938 Amer. dial.
– MANK to nod with the head …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEEB to nod, esp. to nod from drowsiness …1892 Sc.
– NIDDY-NODDY to nod gently …1866
NODDING – adjectives
– FISHING nodding, asleep …1952 Amer. dial.
nodding – nouns
– BENT † inclination, bowing, stooping, nodding …1584
NOISE, NOISY – adjectives
– ABSTREPOLOUS, ABSTREPULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …c1725
– BAW-WAW † vainly or contemptibly noisy …1570
– BEALING noisy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BELDERING roaring, noisy …1889 Eng. dial.
– BELLING roaring, bellowing; noisy …1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BELVERING noisy, blustering …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLETHER-HEADED foolish; noisy …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOISTOUS † rough, loud, or violent in sound; noisy, boisterous …c1430
– BRASHY noisy; stormy; rugged …Bk1911 Sc.
– CALLITHUMPIAN noisy, boisterous, discordant …1851 Amer. dial.
– CLAMOSE † noisy, clamorous …c1380
– CRIOUS † noisy; clamorous …a1382
– DINNOUS noisy …1819 Sc.
– DINSOME full of din, noisy …1787 Sc.
– FATMOUTH boastful, noisy, verbose …1960s sl., orig. US Black
– FAT-MOUTHED boastful, noisy, verbose …1960s sl., orig. US Black
– FREMESCENT * becoming murmurous, roaring; growing noisy and tumultuous; riotous, raging …1837
– GALDERING noisy, loud-talking, laughing loudly …1897 Sc.
– GALRAVITCHING noisy, riotous, drunken …1822 Sc.
– GLAMROUS † noisy, clamorous …1488 Sc.
– HALLACHIN noisy, foolish …Bk1905 Sc.
– HOBBING whooping, making a noise …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– JANGLESOME boisterous; noisy; quarrelsome …B1900 Eng. dial.
– KECKLING chuckling, noisy; of a giddy disposition …1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– LOBSTROPOLOUS obstreperous, loud, noisy, mischievous …1891 Eng. dial.
– MERRIMENTAL † merry; noisy …1821 Eng. dial.
– OBSTREPOLOUS, OBSTREPULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …c1725
– OBSTROCULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control; disorderly, unruly…1930s Aust. sl.
– OBSTREPEROUS characterized by great noise or outcry, esp. in opposition; clamorous, noisy; vociferous …c1600
– OBSTROPALOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …c1725
– OBSTROPOLOUS characterized by great noise or outcry, especially in opposition; clamorous, noisy; vociferous …1748
– OBSTROPULOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …1815 Amer. dial.
– OBTREPERLOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …c1725
– PANDEMONIACAL pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy …1862
– PANDEMONIAN pert. to hell, infernal; disorderly, noisy …1889
– RABBLING disorderly, rowdy, noisy …1575 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RACKAPELT noisy, riotous …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RACKAPELTERLY noisy, riotous …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RACKETING noisy, boisterous …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RACKETTY boisterous, noisy, riotous …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RACKETTYING noisy; roistering; pleasure-seeking …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RACKETY 1. noisy, gay, fond of excitement …1773
2. characterized by noise, excitement, dissipation, or disturbance …1827
– RACKLESOME boisterous, noisy, reckless …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAFFING * merry, hearty; noisy …1719 Sc.
– RAKUSSING noisy, boisterous, obstreperous …1879 Eng. dial.
– RALLY noisy, quarrelsome, disputatious, as one in drink …1708 Sc.
– RAMBUMPTIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1911 Amer. dial.
– RAMBUNKSHUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1866 Amer. dial.
– RAMBUNKSIOUS noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1904 Amer. dial.
– RAMPAGEOUS violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1822
– RAMPAGEROUS boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1890 Eng. dial.
– RAMPAGINOUS furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous …1822 Sc.
– RAM’S HORN noisy …1910s sl.
– RAMSTAMPHISH rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy …1818 Sc.
– RANDY scolding, abusive, noisy …1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RANGING given to noisy working or moving …Bk1905 Sc.
– RAN-TAN loud, noisy …1630 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RANTIPOLE * wild, disorderly, rakish, noisy, rough …1700
– RANTIPOW wild, noisy, rough …1800 Eng. dial.
– RANTY-MAD raving, noisy, boisterous …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RATCHETTY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous …1894 Eng. dial.
– RATCHETY noisy, roistering; pleasure-seeking, mischievous …1894 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-HEADED empty-headed, stupid; foolish and noisy; talkative, chattering, giddy, flighty, hare-brained …1647
- RATTLE-NODDLED † characterized by foolish noisy levity of character or conduct; giddy, harebrained, flighty, noisy, wild; rattle-headed …1661
– RATTLING lively, brisk, noisy; rollicking, wild …1749 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– REE-RAW rough, riotous, noisy; untidy; confused …1842
– REESHLING rustling, noisy, rattling …1827 Sc.
– RICKING noisy …1740 Eng. dial.
– RIP-ROARING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1834 colloq., orig. US
– RIP-SNORTING vigorous, boisterous, full of spirit; wildly noisy …1846 colloq., orig. US
– ROBUSTIOUS boisterous, noisy, strongly self-assertive, pompous …a1548
– ROOTIN’ TOOTIN’ noisy; boisterous; rip-roaring; lively …sl., chiefly N. Amer.
– RORITORIOUS noisy, boisterous, uproarious …1821
– RORTY boisterous or noisy, rowdy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic …1882 sl.
– RORY-CUM-TORY †* noisy, boisterous …1893
– RORY-TORY loud, noisy, boisterous …1893 Eng. dial.
– RUMBUSTICAL fond of rough play; careless of the comfort of others; boisterous, unruly, uproarious, noisy, obstreperous; rude, overbearing, violent …1795 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– RUMBUSTIOUS careless of the comfort of others; noisy, boisterous, turbulent, unruly, rough, uproarious …1778 colloq.
– SCOW-BANK riotous, noisy …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– STREPEROUS † noisy, harsh-sounding, loud, boisterous …1637
– TEARING boisterous, blustering; noisy; bustling …1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UPSTROPOLIS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …1977 Amer. dial.
– UPSTROPPELOUS obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control …1795 Amer. dial.
– WALLACHING noisy, demonstrative in manner …Bk1905 Sc.
– YAMP noisy, uproarious, talkative …1889 Sc.
– YAPPY noisy, talkative …1930s colloq., orig. US
noise, noisy – nouns
– ACOUSTIC PERFUME sound for covering up unwanted noise, such as music over loudspeakers in a noisy construction area …Bk2004 sl.
– BABEL 1. a confused turbulent medley of sounds; meaningless noise …a1529
2. a scene of confusion; a confused or noisy assembly …1625
– BABELDOM noisy confusion …1882
– BALDARE †* din, uproarious noise …1583
– BALLYHOO excessive noise, fuss, publicity, etc. …1928 sl., orig. US
– BARBLY babble, noise …Bk1892 Chinese Pidgin
– BAWBRIE a great noise …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEALING a noise, an uproar …1865 Eng. dial.
– BICKER a rapid and noisy movement …Bk1911 Sc.
– BINNERAN a noisy movement, noise …Bk1898 Sc.
– BLATANTATION noisy and eager expression of emotions; swagger …1890 sl.
– BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation …1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
– CRY † the mingled noise of people shouting; clamour, tumultuous noise, outcry …c1275
– DALDOO a great noise …1866 Sc.
– DANDER a noise, a commotion …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEAN, DEEN, DENE a din, noise; a sound …1691 Eng. dial.
– DERAY uproar, merriment, noise, disorder, chaos, disarray; a noisy party …1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DERRUM a deafening noise; a confusion of sounds …1879 Eng. dial.
– DERRYBOUNDER the noise made by any object in collision …1876 Eng. dial.
– DEVIL-RACKET the noise or commotion made by a crowd …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEVIL-ROUTER the noise or commotion made by a crowd …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DIDO a disturbance, noise; a fuss …1880 Eng, dial.
– DINDLE a vague report; a slight noise of anything …Bk1900 Sc.
– DINDOM a great noise or uproar …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DING noise, confusion; a buzzing noise in the ear …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DING-DANG noise, clatter, confusion …1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DING-DONG noise, clatter, confusion …1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DINGING noise; a buzzing sound in the ears …1842 Eng. dial.
– DIRDUM, DURDUM noise, uproar; tumultuous proceedings; a noisy quarrel …1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DOTHER noise, confusion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– DOVER-COURT a great noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– DOVING noise, confusion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– DRILGER a great noise …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– DUNCH a loud noise; a bang, a crash …1440 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DUTCH CONCERT a confused noise, as the laughing and crying of children mingled …Bk1862 Eng. dial.
– FAG PACKET a racket (tennis, exorbitant prices, and noise) …Brit. sl.
– FEERY tumult, noise, bustle, confusion …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– FEERY-FARY a noise, a tumult …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– FLIPPER-DE-FLAPPER noise and confusion caused by show …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– FRAGOR, FRAGOUR † a loud, harsh noise; a crash, a din …1605
– FRAP noise, the noise of a cracker …Bk1875 Eng. dial.
– FREMESCENCE * a noise suggestive of tumult …1837
– FUDDER a sudden noise of any kind …1825 Sc.
– GAFF an outcry, a noise …E19 sl.
– GAGGLE a confused babel of sound or conversation …1642 Eng. dial.
– GALLEHOOING † a stupefying senseless noise …1821 Sc.
– GALLIERS a confused noise among a number of people; a romping bout …1810 Eng. dial.
– GALLIES a confused noise among a number of people; a romping bout …1810 Eng. dial.
– GALRAVITCH noise, riot, uproar; a drinking bout …1785 Sc.
– GARBEL † a brawl, an uproar, din, noise …1936 Sc.
– GARBOIL * a great rude noise …1543
– GARRAY † commotion, disturbance, noise, row …c1460 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GLAM noise, talk, clamour …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– GOL-MOL noise, commotion …Bk1913 Anglo-Indian
– GUZZUM confusion, noise …Bk1903 sl.
– HALLACHAN noisy, foolish conduct …Bk1905 Sc.
– HALLOO-BALLOO a great noise and uproar …1825 Sc.
– HARMONY uproar, noise, disturbance …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HASH a noise, tumult; strife, rioting; ribald talk, nonsense …1801 Sc.
– HASHY a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot …1866 Sc.
– HASSIE a mess, a muddle, confusion; noise, riot …1866 Sc.
– HEELIEGOLEERIE confusion, hubbub, noise, a to-do, bustle …1819 Sc.
– HIDDIE-GIDDIE a disorderly noise, a disturbance …B1900 Sc.
– HOOLEY, HULY a noise, an uproar …1877 sl.
– HULLABALOO a loud noise; uproar; confusion …1762 UK sl.
– KADOOMENT noise, confusion …20C W. Indies sl.
– LEDEN noise, din. chatter …1674 Eng. dial.
– LIDDEN noise, din. chatter …1674 Eng. dial.
– LOO a hullabaloo; a clamorous noise or disturbance; an uproar …1952 Amer. dial.
– LUMBER loud noise …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– LUMBERMENT loud noise …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MINNEER a great noise …Bk1903 Sc.
– NUTHOUSE a place of noise and confusion …1933 Amer. sl.
– OBSTREPENCY †* noise …1623
– OBSTREPEROUSNESS vociferousness; clamour; noisy behaviour; noisy and unruly resistance to control …1655
– OPEN a loud bellowing noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ORATION a confused noise or uproar; a clamour, disturbance; a hubbub; a fuss; noisy public talk or rumour …1828 Eng. dial.
– PALAVER † noise; abuse …1781 Eng. dial.
– PEAL, PEEL a noise, clamour; an outcry …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– RACKETING a noise, disturbance …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RACKETRY continuous noise or disturbance …1884
– RAIRD † a loud noise or clamour; a riot; confusion; a sudden report …Bk1905 Sc.
– RAMBLE a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar …1705 Sc.
– RAM-SAMMY a family quarrel; a noisy gathering …1891 Eng. dial.
– RAN-DAN a loud knocking; a noise, din …1777 Eng. dial.
– RANDIVOO a noise; an uproar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDIVOOSE a noise; an uproar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDYBOW a noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDYVOO noise, arguments …L19 sl.
– RANGAT † disorder, disturbance, noise …1500-20 Sc.
– RANGEVOUGE a noise; an uproar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANTACKET a noise, an uproar …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAN-TAN a word expressive of a loud banging noise; a sudden, violent sound; a noise, a din …c1640 Eng. dial. & sl.
– RATTLE noise of any kind; chatter, scolding …1809 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RATTOCK a great noise; a racket …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RAZZLE-DAZZLE noisy or showy fuss or activity …19C sl.
– RAZZMATAZZ noisy or showy fuss or activity …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– REEK a shriek, a shout; a noise …1740 Eng. dial.
– REEL a loud noise; a vibrating peal; a clap of thunder …1803 Sc.
– REEMLE-RAMMLE a great noise; noisy, rollicking conduct; a noisy, rambling speech or tale …Bk1904 Sc.
– RICK a noise …1819 Eng. dial.
– ROARATION † a roaring discourse; a loud or emphatic oration; a deep and prolonged noise …1617
- ROOTY-TOOT something that is noisy or lively; esp. an early style of jazz …L19 sl., chiefly US
– SCLAFF the noise made by a slight blow, or flat, soft fall; the noise made in shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCLAFFER the noise made by a slight blow or soft fall, or by shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCLATCH a heavy fall, esp. into water or mud; the noise made by such a fall; a stroke with the palm of the hand …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCOUR a noise, a tumult …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss …1790 Sc.
– SKLAFF the noise made by a slight blow, or flat, soft fall; the noise made in shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
– SKLAFFER the noise made by a slight blow or soft fall, or by shuffling the feet …Bk1904 Sc.
– TANG-RANG a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming …1840 Eng. dial.
– TANRACKET a racket, noise, confusion; a noisy crowd …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANTARA a noise; a disturbance; an outcry …1874 Eng. dial.
– TANTARAN noise, uproar …1887 Eng. dial.
– TANTARRA a noise; a disturbance; an outcry …1874 Eng. dial.
– TARTAR a disturbance, noise, hubbub …1905 Sc.
– TARTRE a noise made by scrambling about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THOR a thundering noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THUNDER BOUNCE † a loud sudden noise like thunder …1628 humorously bombastic
– TINTAMARRE * a loud and confused noise, uproar, clamour, racket, din, hubbub …1567
– UNLUDE † an unpleasant noise …a1275
– UTIS noise, confusion, din …1875 Eng. dial.
– WALLOCH a din, noise, sound; way of speaking, distinctive accent, dialect …1898 Sc.
– YIP noise; talk …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– WING-DING a dramatic, noisy event …1950s sl.
noise, noisy – person
– AUBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man …1807 Eng. dial.
– BAGLE a noisy, ill-mannered person …Bk1997 Ulster sl.
– BAIRD a noisy, turbulent person: generally applied to a scold …1825 Sc.
– BALAHU a noisy, boisterous person …1943 W. Indies
– BALLIBAGGER a noisy person …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BARD a bold, noisy woman; a scold …1825 Sc.
– BARGHEST a term of reproach or abuse; one who is unsightly in appearance; a noisy or ill-conducted person …1863 Eng. dial.
– BAUSON, BAWSAND, BAWSIN, BAWSON a clamorous, noisy, empty-headed person …1830 Eng. dial.
– BEAGLE a noisy, ill-mannered person …Bk1997 Ulster sl.
– BELLONIE † a brawling, noisy woman …1825 Sc.
– BELWEATHER a noisy clamorous man …Bk1699 sl.
– BELYORE a noisy clamorous person …1924 Sc.
– BICKER a person of rude, noisy manners; a big, stupid, bouncing person …1866 Sc.
– BILINGSGATE, BILLINGSGATE a noisy woman; a scold …Bk1795 sl.
– BLAA-MAA-LUG a ‘fleechin’ noisy fellow …Bk1892 Eng. dial.
– BLADDER MOUTH a coarse, noisy talker, devoid of sense; a noisy fool …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– BLAIRHAWK a rude, noisy person …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLATHERSKITE a noisy, talkative person, esp. one who talks utter rubbish …c1650 sl., orig. Sc., now chiefly US
– BLETHERSKATE a noisy, talkative person, esp. one who talks utter rubbish …c1650 sl., orig. Sc., now chiefly US
– CHATTER-BAGS a small, noisy child …L18 sl.
– CHATTER-BASKET a small, noisy child …L18 sl.
– CHATTER-BLADDER a small, noisy child …L18 sl.
– CHATTER-BONES a small, noisy child …L18 sl.
– CHATTER-CART a small, noisy child …L18 sl.
– CLATTER-STOUP a chattering, noisy person; a gossip …1822 Sc.
– DIN-RAISER a noisy child …1887 Sc.
– GABBLE-RATCHET a noisy child; a confirmed talker or chatterbox …1888 Eng. dial.
– GALEGALE † a noisy fellow …a1250
– GAMP an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip …1868 sl.
– GAMPH a fool, a buffoon; an empty fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth …1825
– GAPE-SIMON a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow …Bk1877 Eng. dial.
– GAPESORMAN a boisterous person; a noisy simpleton; a staring, gaping fellow …Bk1862 Eng. dial.
– GAWVISON a silly, awkward, gaping fellow; a noisy, foolish person; a simpleton, a blockhead; a half-witted person; a dunce …1788 Eng. dial.
– GLOFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance …1866 Sc.
– GLUFFIS, GLUFFUS a rough, uncouth person of noisy, foolish, or light-headed behaviour, often referring to one of ugly or unprepossessing appearance …1866 Sc.
– GOMF a buffoon, a fool; an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth; a fool, or one who wishes to seem so …1825 Sc.
– HALLOCKIT a noisy, restless person; a romp, a hoyden …1787 Sc.
– HAMMER a clumsy, noisy person in work or gait …a1796 Sc.
– HAWBUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man …1805
– HOBUCK, HOE-BUCK a clumsy fellow, a lout; a country bumpkin; a noisy, rough, turbulent young man …1807 Eng. dial.
– JINGLE-BRAINS a wild, thoughtless person; a noisy, talkative person …1699 colloq.
- KAE IN THE KIRK-RIGGIN’ a noisy, fractious child …1923 Sc.
– LALDRUM a noisy, talkative girl …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALTHRUM a noisy, talkative girl …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MOLLY-HAWN a hoyden; a boisterous, noisy girl, a romp …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MOUTH a person who talks loudly, incessantly, and (usually) to little purpose; a loudmouth; a noisy talkative, boorish person …1699 colloq.
– MOUTH ALMIGHTY (usually derogatory) a person who talks a great deal; a self-opinionated person; also, a form of address; a noisy, talkative, loud-mouthed person …1800 colloq., chiefly Brit.
– RABIATOR * a violent, noisy, greedy person; a lout; a boor; a violent or ruthless bully; a robber; a spoiler; a plunderer…c1745 Sc.
– RACKAPELT a noisy, riotous person; a scamp; an idle rascal; a man of dissolute habits; a worthless fellow …Bk1852 Eng. dial.
– RACKETER * a gay or noisy person …1661
– RAMPER a noisy, stamping fellow; one who acts violently or destructively …Bk1905 Sc.
– RAMPS a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RANDY a wild, noisy, reckless person …1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RANTER † a noisy, riotous, dissipated fellow; a rake …1654
– RATTIPELT a rough, noisy child …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-BAG a noisy, bustling person; one who excites alarm …1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-CAN a noisy child or person …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RATTLER a loud, noisy, talkative person …B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-TRAP a noisy, talkative person; a lively giddy girl …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE-TRAPS a noisy, talkative person; a lively giddy girl …B1900 Eng. dial.
– REENGER one who goes about noisily …Bk1905 Sc.
– SCALLIBRAT, SCALLY-BRAT a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago …1889 Eng. dial.
– SCROINOCH a noisy person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– TANTARABOBUS a noisy, playful child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANTRABOBUS a noisy, playful child …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANTRUM-BOBUS a noisily playful child …Bk1882 Eng. dial.
– TIN PAN a noisy girl …Bk1934 college sl.
– WALLACH, WALLOCH a noisy, blustering, demonstrative person …1866 Sc.
– WALLOCH-GOUL a noisy, blustering, demonstrative person …1825 Sc.
– WARAHOON a noisy ill-bred person …1976 W. Indies
– WIND-EGG a noisy, unreliable person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAP a noisy, worthless fellow …1903 Amer. dial.
– YENTA a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female …1923 US
– YENTCH a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew …1923 US
– YENTE a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman …1923 US
– ZAMIETESS a tough, brawling, noisy woman …1996 W. Indies sl.
noise, noisy – verbs
– BAIRGE to collide violently; to threaten with violence; to move clumsily and noisily …1847 Sc.
– BE FULL OF JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1872 Amer. dial.
– BLAIR to make a noise; to cry aloud …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLUNTHER 1. to make a noise …Bk1911 Sc.
2. to move clumsily and noisily; to stumble …Bk1911 Sc.
– BREEL to move with rapidity; to reel; to make a noise …19C Sc.
– CUT UP JACK AND KILL JINNY to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1930 Amer. dial.
– CUT UP SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance …1945 Amer., dial.
– DEAN to din, to make a noise …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DEEN to din, to make a noise …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DENE to din, to make a noise …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DERRY to move noisily, to collide, to bump …B1900 Eng. dial.
– DERRYBOUNDER to move noisily; to bump, to collide … 19C Eng. dial.
– DIN to tease with a troublesome, importunate noise …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DINNY to make a noise …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FRATCH † to make a harsh or strident noise; to creak, as a cart …c1440
– GALDER to laugh in a loud, noisy manner; to talk or sing boisterously or noisily …Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALLY to confuse with noise …1869 Eng. dial.
– GALSTRE †* to make a noise or outcry …a1225
– GANGLE † to make a noise …c1300
– GAUSTER, GOWSTER, GOYSTER to behave in a noisy, boisterous, or swaggering fashion; to frolic and romp; to brag or boast; also, to laugh noisily …1674 Eng. dial.
– HALLOCK to behave in a foolish, noisy way …Bk1905 Sc.
– KEEP A PEAL to make a noise or disturbance …1703 Eng. dial.
– KICK UP A RANDY to make a great noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– KICK UP HIGH JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1908 Amer. dial.
– KICK UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1908 Amer. dial.
– LEAD A PEAL to make a noise or disturbance …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– LIFT THE THATCH of noise: to ‘raise the roof’ …1899 Eng. dial.
– MINNEER to make a great noise …Bk1903 Sc.
– PILE ON DOG to do something energetically or noisily …M19 sl., orig. US
– PUT ON THE DOG to behave or dress in an ostentatious or showy manner; to show off; to put on airs; to something energetically or noisily …1865 sl., orig. US
– QUACK to chatter; to talk for the sake of talking; to gossip; to be noisy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RACKET to behave in a rude, noisy manner …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RAISE JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1867 Amer. dial.
– RAISE SAM to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance …1968 Amer., dial.
– RAISE THE ROOF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise …M19 sl.
– RAN-DAN to make a noise with rough singing, and the beating of pots and pans, at the house of a man who has beaten his wife …1869 Eng. dial.
– RANNACK to be noisy and rough; to romp about wildly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RAN-TAN to make a noise with rough singing, and the beating of pots and pans, at the house of a man who has beaten his wife …1869 Eng. dial.
– RANTIPOLE to go about or behave in a romping, rude, or noisy fashion …1712
– RATTOCK to make a great noise …B1900 Eng. dial.
– REEL-ABOUT to go to and fro in a rambling and noisy way; to romp; to whirl round in a dance …1737 Sc.
– REEMLE-RAMMLE to make a great deal of noise; to behave in a noisy, frolicking manner …Bk1904 Sc.
– RICK to rattle, to jingle, to make a noise; to chatter …1740 Eng. dial.
– RICKLE to rattle, to jingle; to make a noise, to chatter …1863 Eng. dial.
– ROUNCE * to bounce about; to flounce, to behave in an agitated, boisterous, or noisy manner …a1500
– SHUT to stop somebody else talking or making a noise …M19 sl.
– SHUT UP to stop somebody else talking or making a noise …M19 sl.
– SING to cry out with pain; to make a noise, to boast, about something …c1386
– STREPITATE † to make a noise often; to make a great noise …1656
– TANG to make a noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TANKER to make a noise …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAKE THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise …M19 sl.
– TEAR OFF THE SHINGLES to be noisy or boisterous …1966 Amer. dial.
– TEAR THE ROOF OFF to cause an uproar; to make a great noise …M19 sl.
– TEAR UP JACK to be noisy or rowdy; to cause a disturbance or commotion …1845 Amer. dial.
– THROW THE HOUSE OUT OF THE WINDOW to make a great commotion, noise, or disturbance; to cause great disorder and confusion; to turn everything topsy-turvy …1621
– THUNDER-THUMP † to stun with noise…B1900
– TOW-ROW to go about in a noisy, disorderly manner; to bustle about …1840 orig. Eng. dial.
– YAP to talk, to make a noise, esp. to shout at, like a dog …E19 sl.
– YAP IT UP to talk, to make a noise, esp. to shout at, like a dog …E19 sl.
– YARK to be noisy, to indulge in horseplay …1807 Eng. dial.
– YERP to talk, to make a noise, esp. to shout at, like a dog …E19 sl.
– YERR † to make a harsh noise, to creak, to roar, to rattle; to cry out loudly, to shout out, to yell, to howl …a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ZOO to be noisy and rowdy …1960s US college sl.
noise, noisy – phrases
– ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE things became very turbulent, dangerous, noisy, etc.
NOISELESSLY – adverbs
– NESHLY softly, noiselessly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
NOISILY – adverbs
– BIFF-BANG noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BIFF-BOOM-BANG noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BINNER with much noise and force …Bk1898 Sc.
– FAST AND FURIOUS rapidly, uproariously, noisily …1790
– LIKE A LOAD OF BRICKS noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LIKE A THOUSAND OF BRICKS noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– LIKE A TON OF BRICKS noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– RATTLE-CUM-SCOUR at a great rate and with much noise …1893 Eng. dial.
– REEMLE-RAMMLE in a rude, noisy manner; with a low, heavy sound, esp. of thing jingled together in confusion …Bk1904 Sc.
– SLAM-BANG noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLAP-BANG noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UNTENTIE noisily, incautiously …Bk1905 Sc.
– WHIZ-BANG noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WITH A WHOOP AND A HURRAH noisily …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
NOISY – see NOISE
NOLENS VOLENS see willing
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