Latest additions

- 11/09/08 om nom nom - vocal sound produced while chewing big bites of something tasty in a hurry, like the way Sesame Street's cookie monster eats (end of clip). Here's another example
- 11/03/08 barf - vomiting, the sound made while vomiting. Also used a noun meaning "vomit" (thanks, Sergio!)
- 10/24/08 added to description of chortle (thanks, Eric!)
- 09/28/08 biff - sound of uppercut punch (thanks, Frederick!)
- 09/08/08 air-guitar sounds (thanks, Jonathan!): bwow-chcka-bwow / whockah neow / jug

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Onomatopoeia Quiz!

Kids
Grown-up/advanced


explosionshuman: conversation
hit, strike, touchhuman: laughter
metal
(incl bells, swords)
human: pain, disease
shooting weapons
(incl bullets)
human: eating, drinking
engines and movementanimals: birds
liquidanimals: other
gas (hissing, air)animals (international): rooster
crack, rattle and rustleanimals (international): dog
tones and alarmsuncategorized
music