noisemaker
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
English noise
English noisemaker
Noun
noisemaker (plural noisemakers)
- A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.
- 1985 April 6, Stephanie Poggi, “Women Against Apartheid”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
- 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.
- 1999 April 5, William Safire, “Essay; The Quiet Noisemaker”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2017:
- Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."
- 2014 June 13, Daniel Engber, “Who Made That Inflatable Noisemaker?”, in The New York Times Magazine[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 March 2022:
- The noisemakers spread from soccer to the N.B.A. and other sports.
- 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
Synonyms
- (device with ratchet): ratchet
Hyponyms
- (device for making noise at events): air horn, blowout, caxirola, clacker, clapper, kazoo, party horn, ratchet, squawker, squeaker, stadium horn, stadium trumpet, vuvuzela