make sympathetic noises — make encouraging/sympathetic/etc noises phrase to say things to encourage someone, show sympathy etc He made reassuring noises about their financial problems. Thesaurus: to feel or express sympathysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
make soothing noises — make soothing, encouraging, reassuring, etc. noises idiom to make remarks of the kind mentioned, even when that is not what you really think • He made all the right noises at the meeting yesterday (= said what people wanted to hear). Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
make reassuring noises — make soothing, encouraging, reassuring, etc. noises idiom to make remarks of the kind mentioned, even when that is not what you really think • He made all the right noises at the meeting yesterday (= said what people wanted to hear). Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
make noises — 1 : to talk about something in usually an indirect way usually + about She started making noises about running for office. [=she started saying things that showed she was thinking about running for office] Her parents are making noises about… … Useful english dictionary
The Art of Noises — [ Luigi Russolo s L arte dei rumori, published in book form in 1916.] The Art of Noises (L arte dei Rumori) is a Futurist manifesto, written by Luigi Russolo in a 1913 letter to friend and Futurist composer Francesco Balilla Pratella. In it,… … Wikipedia
noise — [[t]nɔ͟ɪz[/t]] ♦♦♦ noises 1) N UNCOUNT Noise is a loud or unpleasant sound. There was too much noise in the room and he needed peace... The noise of bombs and guns was incessant... The baby, filled with alarm at the darkness and the noise, began… … English dictionary
noise — 1 /nOIz/ noun 1 SOUND (C, U) sound, especially a loud or unpleasant sound: the noise of the traffic | a loud cracking noise | make (a) noise: Try not to make a noise when you go upstairs. | Stop making so much noise. 2 make polite/encouraging etc … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
noise — noise1 W2S2 [nɔız] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: quarreling, noise , from Latin nausea; NAUSEA] 1.) [U and C] a sound, especially one that is loud, unpleasant, or frightening = ↑sound ▪ What s that noise? noise of … Dictionary of contemporary English
List of Kung Fu Panda characters — The following is a list of characters from DreamWorks animated film media franchise Kung Fu Panda, with their shorts and specials Secrets of the Furious Five, Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, and Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters, as well as… … Wikipedia
noise */*/*/ — UK [nɔɪz] / US noun Word forms noise : singular noise plural noises a) [uncountable] a loud or unpleasant sound The noise of the machines is deafening. make noise: Please will you stop making so much noise! too much noise: The neighbours said… … English dictionary