any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring | the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan |
a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set | incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks |
a deep prolonged loud noise | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience |
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money) | a loud outcry of protest or complaint |
a state of economic prosperity | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |