Engines and movement |
| choo-choo | small children's word for train (steam engine) |
| chug | a dull explosive sound made by or as if by a laboring engine |
| clackety / clack | sound of a train riding on a railroad switch or joint ("Song of the train" by David McCord, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| clickety-clack / click-ety-clack | sound of a train sound of a train riding on a railroad switch or joint ("Song of the train" by David McCord, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| chunk | to chunk, verb for the sound made by a big engine, as in thumping, chunking engines going.. (from the poem "engineers" by Jimmy Garthwaite, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| clank | to clank, verb for the sound made by a big engine (from the poem "engineers" by Jimmy Garthwaite, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| dash | to move violently or suddenly. also: to lash |
| gunko, gunko | sound of wagon wheels ("Pedro and the padre", by Verna Aardema) |
| honk | 1. bird vocalization (goose), 2. car-horn |
| jump | to move or be moved off the ground. Imitative origin, possibly imitative of the sound of feet coming into contact with ground when landing |
| lash | to move violently or suddenly. also: to dash |
| pip-pip-pip | sound of footsteps ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema) |
| rooaaarrr | sound of a car when driving fast |
| screech | 1. a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror, 2. the high pitched sound the tires of a car make when it turns at high speed |
| swish | sound of an object moving through air or water |
| swoosh | Nike brand logo, but also the sound of rushing air or water |
| thump | to thump, verb for the sound made by a big engine, as in thumping, clunking engines going.. (from the poem "engineers" by Jimmy Garthwaite, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| varoom | sound of a fast driving car or an explosion (Also the title of a Roy Lichtenstein painting |
| viip | Sound of a moving object (Also the title of a Roy Lichtenstein painting |
| voomp | sound of explosive impact (weapon) (features in the Roy Lichtenstein painting "O.K., Hot Shot") |
| vroom | sound of a car |
| wallop | violent noisy movement |
| whirr | to move swiftly with a vibratory sound |
| whoosh | a sibilant sound, or a swift movement or flow |
| zip | to travel with a sharp hissing or humming sound |
| zoom | to speed along with a loud low hum or buzz |
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