whitenoise

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English

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Etymology

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From white noise, in its sense of “something that goes uncomprehended”.

Verb

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whitenoise (third-person singular simple present whitenoises, present participle whitenoising, simple past and past participle whitenoised)

  1. To ignore or fail to comprehend (speech or language).
    I've been reading some more in Spanish but I've been whitenoising a fair bit — what should I do?