Harsh or excessive noise or talking, chattering; discordant altercation or din; = jangling, n.

As a count noun. A sound of any kind, esp. a loud, harsh, or unpleasant one.

The production or utterance of a harsh grating, creaking, or vibratory sound; a sound of this kind; harsh dissonance; discordant sound.

The action of jangle, v., in its various senses; now chiefly, wrangling, noisy altercation; dissonant or discordant din of voices, bells, etc.

Lack of harmony between sounds; harsh or unpleasant noise; a jarring or grating sound. Frequently with allusion to sense 3.

transferred. Any hideous, discordant howling noise.

A barking; also figurative.

A confused tinkling or ringing sound, such as that of a number of bells ringing at the same time. Also figurative: a disturbance; a to-do, a fuss.

A quivering or grating sound; a tremulous or harsh vibration of sound.

A harsh or grating sound.

Discordant sound, ring, or clang.

= discordance, n. 2.

Want of harmony; disharmony, discord.

Discord of sounds; harsh or dissonant noise; an instance of this. Cf. discordant, adj. 2a.

A building, esp. in a zoo, for housing parrots. Also figurative: a room, building, etc., filled with loud or raucous chatter.

Originally: an incompatibility or tension between contrasting (esp. musical) sounds, dissonance. Now: spec. a piece of popular music that contains…

A loud or harsh sound or series of sounds; something which grates upon the ear, esp. a strident or dissonant piece of music.