sound of a drum roll / rimshot hear the sound
loud sound
sound of a horn (from "Mr. Brown can moo, can you?" by Dr. Seuss)
Referee whistle. also: preet
Sound of a big bass drum. From the children's book Squeak, Rumble, Whomp Whomp Womp. Wynton Marsalis & Paul Rogers, 2012 Candlewick Press
funky palm-muted riffs with wah pedal (sound effect), associated with pornographic movie soundtracks. often combined with playing "airguitar". see also: neow, jug, whockah
a fast rhythmic ballroom dance of Latin-American origin with a basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle. The name is derived from the rhythm of the guiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers' feet
the sound of wedding bells (features in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe)
1. To hum or sing softly. 2. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner. 3. (Scottish) To roar or bellow. Possibly of imitative origin. Originally "to bellow like a bull" as well as "to utter a low, murmuring sound" Etymonline
1. to call loudly, 2. to weep, 3. verb for the sound of a trumpet (in the poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton: "... Don John calling through the blast and the eclipse, crying with the trumpet, with the trumpet of his lips"
sound of a fiddle ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)
(probably of imitative origin) indigenous Australian instrument, of imitative origin. link (video)
Sound of a bass-guitar. From: Mike Dirnt, the bassist of the rock band Green Day. Dirnt's birth name is Michael Ryan Pritchard. According to Wikipedia, at school, he would would often play "air-bass", pretending to pluck the strings, while making the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt". As a result, his schoolmates began to call him "Mike Dirnt". See also Yahoo Answers. Related: wub wub, wob wob and other sounds of bass in dubstep music.
style in vocal rhythm and blues music from the 1950-1960, in which ad-lib syllables such as "doo wop, doo wah" are sung in harmony link (video)
Sound of guitar strumming rock Reddit
(probably of imitative origin) a flourish of brass instruments. link (video)
sound of snapping the fingers
sound of drums ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema)
metallic disk used as a percussive musical instrument named by the sound produced when struck
1. to utter a loud deep sound of grief or pain, 2. the sound of funeral bells (in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe, 3. sound of drums (in the poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton: "...For he heard drums groaning and he heard guns jar ..."
1. to make a low inarticulate murmuring sound, sometimes making a melody "to hum a tune", 2. a verb for the sound that bees and hummingbirds make (eg. "the dog barks, the bee hums"), also: buzz
1. to make a light clinking or tinkling metallic sound, 2. to rhyme or sound in a catchy repetitious manner 3. brief musical tune to mark the beginning of a show or segment of a show
sound of palm-muted power chords on an electric guitar. used in playing "air-guitar". often repetitive (jug jug jug - jug jug jug), typical of the musical style. as in Foo Fighters - "One by One". see also: neow, whockah, bwow-chcka-bwow
sound of drums ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema)
sound of horn, or singing
sound of individual legato notes on an electric guitar, as in the guitar part in verse of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit": neow neow, neow neow. often combined with playing "airguitar"
the sound produced by a large brass instrument. see also: umpa
also spelled: untz. Sound of the repetitive beat in rave music (a kind of electronic dance music)
sound of a trumpet ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)
sound of a fife ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett). a fife is a small, high-pitched, transverse flute that is similar to the piccolo, but louder and shriller due to its narrower bore
to pluck a string instrument, or to suddenly drop
sound of a drum ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)
Word imitating the sound of the side-drum and used for music pieces, especially in opera, of a military-march character.
banjo music
drumming sound. Also a musical style similar to reggae
1. to make a cracking sound, eg. snapping your fingers, or a camera making a photo (sound of the shutter). in the media: Snap, Crackle, and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's breakfast cereal Rice Krispies. They are named after the sound rice krispies make when they are dropped in a bowl of milk 2. the "sound" of someone's pride being hurt. this is another example of "non-auditory onomatopoeia". other examples: bling bling, yoink and shiiin
hard_hit light_hit crack music
to play a guitar. see also thrum
to play a guitar
a light rhythmic audible tap or beat
sound of sleigh bells, (features in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe)
Tluuck tluck tlawck tlock tlaack tlack tlick!
Sound of a pizzicato violin (Squeak, Rumble, Whomp Whomp Womp. Wynton Marsalis & Paul Rogers, 2012
a monotonous beating, rhythm, or rhythmical sound / a percussive musical instrument played with hands
to blow or sound an instrument (as a horn)
sound of a flute ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)
quavering or warbling in singing
sound of a guitar, or of a bow (and arrow)
loudspeaker for high frequencies
the sound produced by a large brass instrument. see also: Oompah
The sound of rave music or the sound a raver makes while raving, the sound of a techno groove
brass instrument effect of using a mute, or electric guitar sound effect (wah pedal)
tubular wind instrument, or the act of whistling
sound of palm-muted rhythmic strumming on an electric guitar with wah pedal, as in the intro of Jimi Hendrix’s "Voodoo Chile", for example. often combined with playing "airguitar". see also: neow, jug, bwow-chcka-bwow
A sound recording played backward.
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Sound of a police car in the United States. Police often use the siren intermittently. Also spelled whoop whoop. This onomatopoeia is used in the chorus of the 1993 hip hop track Sound of da Police by KRS-One. Hear a police car
The sound of the signature repetitive bass (wobble bass) in 'dubstep' music (a kind of electronic dance music).
Other dubstep sounds: WOB WOB WOB WEB WEEEEEB WEEB WOOOB WOOOOB breeeeaaaaa breaaaaaaa WOBB WOBB, nehnehweeh, YOI YOI YOI WAHBWUHB -
ref. Related: The sound of a bass guitar dirnt
noisy talk. Alternative spelling: 'yakety yak'. Also the title of a famous song by doo-wop group the Coasters (1958). 
to sing by suddenly changing from a natural voice to a falsetto and back; also: to shout or call in a similar manner
sound of a bass (musical instrument) ("the ceremonial band" by James Reeves, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)
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