Meaning of Noisemaker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.
2. 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

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Examples

“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.”

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

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

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