Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
NOISE
randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise
(noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
noise
(noun) incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; “all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn’t have anything to say”
noise, dissonance, racket
(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; “modern music is just noise to me”
noise
(noun) a loud outcry of protest or complaint; “the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise”; “whatever it was he didn’t like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could”
noise
(noun) sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); “he enjoyed the street noises”; “they heard indistinct noises of people talking”; “during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels”
noise, interference, disturbance
(noun) electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
noise (countable and uncountable, plural noises)
Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
(technology) Unwanted part of a signal.
(figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity.
(genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
Rumour or complaint.
(obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
(music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
Synonyms
• (Various sounds): sound
Hyponyms
• (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud
Verb
noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised)
(intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
(transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
Anagrams
• NESOI, Senoi, eosin
Source: Wiktionary
Noise, n. Etym: [F. noise noisy strife, quarrel, brawl, fr. L. nausea seasickness, sickness, disgust. See Nausea.]
1. Sound of any kind. The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion without noise to us perceived. Bacon.
Note: Noise is either a sound of too short a duration to be determined, like the report of a cannon; or else it is a confused mixture of many discordant sounds, like the rolling of thunder or the noise of the waves. Nevertheless, the difference between sound and noise is by no means precise. Ganot.
2. Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound; clamor; din.
3. Loud or continuous talk; general talk or discussion; rumor; report. "The noise goes." Shak. What noise have we had about transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! T. Baker. Soerates lived in Athens during the great plague which has made so much noise in all ages. Spectator.
4. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. [Obs.] Milton. The king has his noise of gypsies. B. Jonson.
Syn.
– Cry; outcry; clamor; din; clatter; uproar.
Noise, v. i.
Definition: To sound; to make a noise. Milton.
Noise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noised; p pr. & vb. n. Noising.]
1. To spread by rumor or report. All these sayings were noised abroad. Luke i. 65.
2. To disturb with noise. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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