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First published 2005 (SND, online supplement).
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NOISE, n., v.

I. n. Sc. form of Eng. noise (noaise Ork., Ags., Fif., Edb., Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s). m.Sc. 1994 Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay Forever Yours, Marie-Lou 7:
Ah've every right tae be sick. Even supposin ah did make a wee bit ae noaise, aw ye hid tae dae wis turn ower an go back tae sleep ...

II. v. Phr.: to noise (someone) up, To irritate, annoy; to make a fool of (someone).Gsw. 1990:
Don't noise me up!Gsw. 1990 Scotland on Sunday 14 Oct:
He is in fact a human machine gun, spewing forth a relentless stream of provocative comments. In the manner of a slack-mouthed P J O'Rourke he enjoys noising people up.Edb. 1991 Gordon Legge In Between Talking about the Football 15:
'You noising me up?' he said. 'Taking the rise out of me. You're enjoying this, eh?'Edb. 1995 Irvine Welsh Marabou Stork Nightmares (1996) 103:
We laugh like fuck fir a bit then Bri goes: — The morn wi come in n noise up that carpet-munchin cunt Gray.