Written Sound
Onomatopoeia Dictionary
Words that sound like the thing they mean: Imitative words. From the Greek "onoma" (name) and "poiein" (to make)
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blop

sound a large serving of mashed potatoes makes when it hits the plate (also a corresponding measurement of same) (ref)

food hit spoon

brekekekex, koax, koax

(Ancient Greek) frog . Features in Aristophanes' comedy Batrachoi ("The Frogs", (405 BCE) - as translated by Matthew Dillon. The phrase was also used by Hans Christian Andersen, in the fairy tale Tommeliden ("Thumbelina", 1835)

animal

buffoon

(possibly of imitative origin) clown, may stem from allusion to puffing out cheeks as a comic gesture

gas misc

BWEEP bip bip BWEEP

U.S. city police siren in traffic (ref)

police tone alarm siren city car automotive

ca-chunk

sound of big metal-framed ink-stamps used by court clerks (ref)

metal hit

dwoiiinnnnnnnngggggggig

sound of a ruler strummed against a table (ref)

plastic metal hit vibration

eek eek

1. monkey, mouse or rat vocalization 2. sound of a squaky shoe (from "Mr. Brown can moo, can you?" by Dr. Seuss) 3. human exclamation uttered when scared or distressed

animal

flumppf

sound of a wad of mail as it falls from a letter-box (ref)

paper movement hit

fwww - cluck

sound of a hockey puck hitting the net of the goal and then the ice (ref)

sports ice hockey hit

gray-winged trumpeter

(Psophia crepitans) bird species found in South America, whose song is a low humming, but its call, as its name suggests, is a very loud Jeek or honking TZAAK, which may be the reason for the name "trumpeter". This bird is kept as a pet by Amerindians, since it is easily tamed, hunts snakes, and is a very efficient sentinel, with its unmissable alarm call. about this bird

animal bird

hhhhrrrrrrnnnnngggg

sound of the goal light and siren in a hockey game (ref)

sports hockey goal alarm siren tone

kaaapooooom

sound of a car running over a road safety bump (ref)

car automotive movement hit

kish-kish

the sound of ice skates during a game of hockey (ref)

ice movement human skating sports

NEE-eu NEE-eu

French police siren (ref)

police traffic siren tone alarm car automotive

nnneeaoowww

sound of a propeller plane flying overhead (ref)

plane movement engine

pap

sound of a puck hit during hockey (ref)

sports hit hockey ice

penk

sound of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball (ref)

bat sports hit ball

piaaaak

sound of an automatic glass door opening (ref)

movement door

Plip - plip - ploop - plip - plip - plip - plip - ploop

sound of light summer rain hitting the roof (ref). More rain sounds

liquid water rain weather house

reek

sound of a squeaky metal hinge ("Garfield", Jim Davis)

metal

rizzz

sound of an electric drill (ref)

drill engine movement mechanism buzz

schwump schwump schwump schwump

sound of windshield wipers of a car during heavy rain (ref). More rain sounds. More car sounds

rain weather automotive liquid water

shuush, shuush

sound of skiing through the snow (ref)

movement snow sliding sports

skreek

cry of a rat

animal

skrrreeek

sound of nails on a blackboard (ref)

nails human school scratch crack

squeak

cry of a rat (also: skreek), or to utter a short shrill cry or noise

animal

ssinda, sssssinda

sound of an old dial telephone. Dialing 1 is "ssinda." Dialing 9 is "sssssinda." (ref ). More telephone sounds

movement telephone mechanism

thisshig rrrerrk

sounds coming out of the loudspeaker in the subway during an important announcement (ref)

human voice electronic static noise crack

thwok

sound of a baseball, hitting a catcher's mitt (ref)

sports ball movement hit

tk.tk.tk.tk.tk.tk

sound of a dog's claws as he/she walks on a wooden floor (ref)

animal movement claw hit

waaank

sound of a train horn (ref)

horn tone alarm train

yakyakyakyak

sound of a cat eating wet food (ref). More cat sounds

cat animal eatdrink food vocalization

zchunk

sound of a defibrillator (ref)

medical human electronic hit electric shock therapy heart attack


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