Definition of "noisemaker" []

• One that makes noise, especially a device such as a horn or rattle used to make noise at a party. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "As the priest solemnly elevates the Host, they lift his chasuble, and in place of the bell, the “crepitaculum” or noisemaker is sounded."
• "To Buckstopper: I've seen the Christmas lights, but the wedding noisemaker is a new one to me."
• "In other words, maybe there should not be a tree farm there, if the noisemaker is the only feasible way to keep deer out though I like the "crouching in the bushes with a crossbow" solution."