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| borborygmus | the rumbling sound produced by the movement of gas through the intestines of animals, including humans. Stomach growling. | |
| buffoon | clown, imitative origin, may stem from allusion to puffing out cheeks as a comic gesture | |
| fart | English language vulgarism most commonly used in reference to flatulence. The word "fart" itself may not be an onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia for farts have been suggested in various internet forums in response to questions of people who needed a word to describe the sound: eg. here and here. The suggested words include brrt, braaah, THPPTPHTPHPHHPH (Calvin and Hobbes), phhhhhhrt, PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP, pff, prtrtrtrgurtrufnasutututut, prrrt, PFFT!, PHHhhhh..., SPLPLPLLLP, WHOooooffff, poot, prrrrrrrvt, scraeft, ppppppwwarrrrppppp, pllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooaaa..., RRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPP, fuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrt, thhhppbbbb, verrrrrrrrrnnnnnntttttt, hooooooooooooooooooooooooonk, pbpbpbpbp, frr frr frrrrrr rampooooooooo ag, pppppppptttttttttttttttttttttttt, flurpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp... Also, according to many responders it depends on the fart (farting can make many possible sounds). | |
| fizz | to make a hissing sound as of effervescence. also a carbonated beverage, champagne | |
| fizzle | to make a hissing or sputtering sound | |
| flatulence | See fart. (The word "flatulence" is not an onomatopoeia) | |
| hiss | to make a sharp sibilant sound, produced by geese and snakes, or a cat (when angry/scared) | |
| huff | sound of exhaling, blowing, puffing | |
| raspberry | short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart: a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and expelling air forcibly to produce a vibration; broadly : an expression of disapproval or contempt. Also "rasp", "razz" or "Bronx cheer". As in "blowing a raspberry", "making a Bronx cheer". Ref: thesneeze , wikipedia. | |
| shush | command to be quiet | |
| siss | to make a hissing sound | |
| sizzle | to burn with a hissing sound, buzz | |
| sniff | to draw air audibly up the nose especially for smelling | |
| whish | to make a sibilant sound | |
| whizz | a humming, hissing sound | |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray | |
| yoooo | the sound of wind (in the poem "the night wind", by Eugene Field: "... Have you ever heard the wind go "Yooooo"? 'T is a pitiful sound to hear! ...") | |
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