| explosions |
| hit, strike, touch |
| metal (incl bells, swords) |
| shooting weapons (incl bullets) |
| engines and movement |
| liquid |
| gas (hissing, air etc) |
| crack, rattle and rustle |
| tones and alarms |
| music |
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| human: conversation |
| human: laughter |
| human: pain, disease |
| human: eating, drinking |
|   |
| animals: birds |
| animals: other |
| animals (international): rooster |
| animals (international): dog |
|   |
| uncategorized |
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Shooting weapons | ||
| brat / bratatat | sound of machine gun | |
| ping | an abrupt, ringing sound, a bullet striking something, or a computer tone | |
| pew pew | sound produced by a lasergun | |
| ratatatat / rat-a-tat / bratatat | sharp rapping sound repeated, often a machine gun | |
| t'chi | sound of an arrow being shot from a bow ("Sebgugugu the Glutton: A Bantu Tale from Rwanda", by Verna Aardema) | |
| takka takka | sound of a machine gun (title of a Roy Lichtenstein painting) | |
| tzing | the sound of a bullet hitting the ground (features in Roy Lichtenstein painting "Live Ammo (Tzing!)") | |
| zap | to destroy or kill by or as if by shooting | |
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