Hit, strike, touch(some also under "metallic sounds") |
| punches and kicks | bop, bomp, bwok, clobber, glok, klam, klok, kong, punt, shwap, thwogg, whack, wham, wap, whap, whang, whock, whop, whump |
| bam | sound of a hard hit |
| bang | sound of sharp noise or hit |
| bash | to strike heavily |
| biff | sound of an uppercut punch |
| bong / dong | sound of bouncing ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| bonk | sound of something heavy hitting something else |
| bop / bomp | sound of a hit / punch ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| bump | heavy dull blow, or its result (a swelling) |
| bwak / bwok | sound of a punch or kick ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| clang | 1. loud ringing metallic sound 2. harsh cry of a bird (as a crane or goose) |
| clank | the sound of metal when struck |
| clap | a sharp, forcible or resounding noise |
| clash | loud sound of collision followed by a confusion of lesser sounds |
| clink | sound of metal when struck |
| clinker | very hard kind of brick, named after the sound produced when struck |
| clobber | sound of a hit / punch ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| crash | to dash to pieces, or the noise produced by it |
| dab | to strike with soft pressure |
| ding | sound of metal when struck |
| dong / bong | sound of bouncing ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| dot a dot dot | sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| fash | sound of fended off punch with the hand ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| flap | 1. a blow, 2. noise of a bird's wing in motion, 3. to strike with something flexible or broad |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| flick a flack fleck | sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| flog | to beat, thrash |
| flop | to fall, collapse, with a dull or heavy sound |
| gabing | sound of a flying object hitting someone's head ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| gasp | sound produced by someone who is punched in the stomach |
| glok, klok | sound of a kick against someone's body (head, for example) ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| klam | sound of a punch/hit during a fight ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| klok, glok | sound of a kick against someone's body (head, for example) ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| klunk | sound of heavy metallic objects colliding |
| knack | sharp blow or sound |
| knell | sound of a bell struck or rung |
| knock-knock | sound of striking with a sounding blow. As in knocking on a door |
| kong | sound of a hit / punch ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| kwok | sound of an earthenware pot being smashed to pieces on the ground ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema) |
| lash | to thrash or beat violently, as in "the rain lashed at the windowpanes" |
| pat | to strike lightly |
| patter | to make a series of light striking sounds |
| ping-pong | game of table-tennis, imitative origin |
| pip-pip-pip | sound of footsteps ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema) |
| plonk | a dull striking sound |
| plump | heavy sound of landing |
| pop | sound of rapping, knocking, or explosive |
| pow | sound of a blow / collision |
| puh-puh-puh | sound of pounding ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema) |
| punt | sound of a kick ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| rap | verb: to strike, esp. with a quick, smart, or light blow |
| shoop | sound of a karate kick/chop, also: swah / shwah ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| shwap | sound of a punch/hit during a fight ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| slam | to beat, shut with a noise |
| slap | smart blow as with the open hand |
| snap | to make a cracking sound, eg. snapping your fingers |
| spack a speck speck | sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| splat | landing with a smacking sound |
| spoing | sound of a piano landing on someone's head ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| stup | sound of landing (after a jump). also: tup ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| swash | to dash violently, make a noise of clashing swords |
| swah / shwah | sound of a karate chop ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama), also: shoop, zonk |
| tap | to strike lightly |
| tch, tch, tch | sound of chopping off branches of wood ("Sebgugugu the Glutton: A Bantu Tale from Rwanda", by Verna Aardema) |
| throb | (of the heart) to beat strongly |
| thud | to hit with a dull sound |
| thump | to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound |
| thung | sound of a blow to a metal object (features in a Roy Lichtenstein painting |
| thunk | sound of impact |
| thwack | the sound of flogging |
| thwogg / thwokk | sound of a punch ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) / ("Kaboom! dictionary of comic book words, symbols and onomatopoeia", by Kevin Taylor) |
| tick | a light rhythmic audible tap or beat |
| tup | sound of landing (after a jump). also: stup ("Shonen Jump, Dragon Ball", manga comic by Akira Toriyama) |
| twiddle | to touch lightly, or to play with. imitative origin |
| wap | hit / blow |
| whack | to strike sharply |
| wham | a heavy blow / punch |
| whang | sound of a hit / punch ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| whap | 1. to throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; (eg. she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over), 2. to beat or strike, 3. a blow, or quick, smart stroke |
| whock | sound of a hit / punch ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| whop | to beat, strike |
| whump | the sound of colliding bodies, a slamming sound, or the sound of a punch to the jaw |
| zonk | the sound of a karate chop |
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