a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open | the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan |
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks |
the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) | the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience |
| a loud outcry of protest or complaint |
| sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication |