noisemaker

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

Women will gather at Filenes with pots and pans as noise-makers and march to Deak-Perera, a firm which sells the South African gold coin.

Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."

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