outnoisev.
/ˌaʊtˈnɔɪz/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈnɔɪz/ transitive. To make more noise than; to drown the noise of.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > make a loud sound or noise [verb (transitive)] > surpass in loudness or drown
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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. vii. 179 If these two Orders had not helped to out-noise those supposed hereticks.
1676 T. Shadwell Libertine v, in Wks. (1720) II. 172 I warrant you, when they cry out, let us out-noise 'em.
1708 Brit. Apollo 10–15 Dec. Thunder's out-nois'd by Her Lecture.
1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems II. 79 Though with much modesty we rate, Enough to outnoise Billingsgate.
1828 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Tancredus i. 5 Horrible yells of debauchery which out-noised the storm.
1881 A. C. Swinburne Mary Stuart i. i. 29 I am sick with shame to hear men's jangling tongues Outnoise their swords unbloodied.
1996 Sunday Star-Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 1 There have been times when the New Zealanders have outnoised the local people, and that takes some doing in stadiums of these sizes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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