noisemaker

Meaning

Noun

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

Related

Similar words

• ratchet

Narrower meaning words

• air horn, blowout, caxirola, clacker, clapper, kazoo, party horn, ratchet, squawker, squeaker, stadium horn, stadium trumpet, vuvuzela

Origin

• noise + maker