Intermittent

Intermittent

(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic

Jockeying

Moving from one line to another trying to get the shortest wait time in a multiple query system

Waft

be driven or carried along, as by the air

Suffuse

gradually spread through or over

Cacphony

harsh sounds

pratfall

humiliating failure

insidious

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

Whirring

make a low, continuous, regular sound

Teeming

overfilled; crowded; pouring out

Condemn

to express strong disapproval of; denounce