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counternoise

counternoise noun: a noise in response or opposition to another noise.

Noun

counternoise (plural counternoises)

  1. A noise in response or opposition to another noise.
    • […] the production of counternoises (hissing, booing), over which the listeners at least had control, to drown out the uncontrollable and unintelligible music.1950, Reprints of the Publication of the Department of Medicine of the University of Chicago, page 72

Forms of counternoise

pluralcounternoises

Origin of counternoise

From counter- + noise.

Questions about counternoise

What does counternoise mean?
Counternoise means a noise in response or opposition to another noise.
What part of speech is counternoise?
Counternoise is a noun.
What is the plural of counternoise?
The plural of counternoise is counternoises.

Words near counternoise in the dictionary

  1. counternarcotics
  2. counternarrative
  3. counternarratives
  4. counternatural
  5. counternaturally
  6. counternoise
  7. counternoises
  8. counternormative
  9. counternormatively
  10. counternormativities
  11. counternormativity

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