Verb
make noises (third-person singular simple present makes noises, present participle making noises, simple past and past participle made noises)
To talk or drop hints on a topic.
My mother-in-law has been making noises about coming to stay for the summer.
I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech. Richard Griffiths