noisemaker
Example Sentences
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The engine is so quiet that it has a noisemaker — emitting a high-pitched hum like a synthesizer — as a safety measure, so pedestrians hear the bus rolling up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Coast Guard also requires paddlers to have a whistle or other noisemaker to warn boats.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
At the event, held outdoors in the Lekki neighbourhood of Lagos, the awards on offer included "head boy" for the cleanest school uniform, "punctuality prefect" and "most noisemaker."
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2021
He fashioned a prototype using a toy noisemaker, which functioned as a one-way flutter valve when attached to a drainage bottle.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2016
In the Fifth and Ninth symphonies, Beethoven used the trombone as a noisemaker.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
