noisemaker

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English noise Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English noisemaker From noise + maker.

1. A person or device that produces a great deal of noise, especially one used in a celebration or sporting event.

   “Women will gather at Filenes with pots and pans as noise-makers and march to Deak-Perera, a firm which sells the South African gold coin.”

   “Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."”

2. A device comprising a handle with a ratchet at one end, with the ratchet end contained within a box that serves as an echo chamber, so that swinging or moving the device causes the ratchet to rotate within the box, creating a series of loud clicking sounds