"Did all that noise mean what I think it means?"

She always worried that every unusual noise meant the tail was about to fall off.

He longed to ask what this or that noise meant.

But noises that also hurt can mean a problem.

The noise could also mean the absence of signal.

Especially on contract, when noise might mean that danger was too close to avoid.

"And the noise means they can't hear us talking," she said.

A small gun had gone off and broken a pane of glass, but noises like that don't mean much any more.

If noise meant success, then the party was a success.

The suspense had brought his nerves to a point where any noise meant danger.