Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noises off

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: nois-es off
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sound effects produced offstage.

noun

Something occurring on the margins or periphery of a given event, situation etc.

Example Sentences

"A separate section is given to this subject because as a rule the importance of noises off is badly underestimated in the amateur theatre."
"The political situation after the Year V elections developed into a war of position between rival factions, with muffled insurrectionary noises off supplied by bellicose neo-Jacobins and sabre-rattling royalists."
"Amazing, given the gravity of those, that noises-off to the main event continue to be bleatings by the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries […] who have now put five times more effort into greasing up to Boris Johnson than they ever did into public service."

Phrases

sound off

Frequently Paired Words

sound off

Questions

What does noises off mean?: Sound effects produced offstage.

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