noisy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   attracting attention by showiness or bright colors

   a noisy sweater

2. 2
   adj

   full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

   a noisy cafeteria

3. 3
   adj

   Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

   the noisy crowd.

4. 4
   adj

   Full of noise.

   a noisy bar

5. 5
   adj

   Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention

   noisy clothes

6. 6
   adj

   Accompanied by or introducing random fluctuations that obscure the real signal or data

   Looked at more carefully, and over a longer time period, the relationship between the economy and the incumbent’s performance is positive, but noisy. “The incumbent wins when the economy is good” is a useful, weak prior, but not an iron law, and one that historically has had many exceptions.

Etymology

From noise + -y.