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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ack-ack-ack-ackawoooo-ack-ack-ack

Fox vocalization. Rarely heard guttural chattering with occasional yelps and howls, mostly heard when animals are in close proximity to one another. Popular Science

ar rooff

dog barking (Doggies by Sandra Boynton) More dog vocalizations

arf

dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

baa

sheep vocalization

animal

baraag

elephant vocalization, trumpeting

animal

bark

verb for dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

animal

bay

dog vocalization (in the poem Lepanto by G. K. Chesterton: "... Don John's hunting, and his hounds have bayed ...". Find more dog vocalizations

animal

bow-wow

dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

animal

brahnk

bullfrog vocalization (When the fireflies come by Jonathan London).

animal frog quack croak

caterwaul

to make a harsh cry (like a cat in heat). More cat sounds

animal vocalization

cheep

bird vocalization (nonspecific)

animal bird

chirp

bird vocalization (nonspecific)

animal bird

chirrup

1. to utter a series of chirps, or to make clucking or clicking sounds with the lips, as in urging on a horse, 2. bird vocalization

animal bird

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

gobble

bird vocalization, typically a turkey

animal bird

gobbledygook

(noun) jargon or highly intricate language that is hard to understand or incomprehensible. Comes from gobble, the vocalization of turkeys. Wikipedia

grunt

pig vocalization, the deep short sound characteristic of a hog

human animal

gurrhr

cat vocalization, as used in James Joyce's Ulysses More cat sounds

animal

hiss

to make a sharp sibilant sound, produced by geese and snakes, or a cat (when angry/scared). More cat sounds

gas vocalization

honk

1. bird vocalization (e.g. goose), 2. car-horn

animal bird automotive

hoo hoo

bird vocalization: the cry of an owl, also: hoot, tu-whu, terwit terwoo, whit woo, twit twoo

animal bird

hoo hoo hoo hoo

1. monkey vocalization, also: ook, hoo hoo hoo hoo, oo oo oo, 2. the sound of wind, 3. the sound of a ghost (2 and 3: in the poem "The congo" by Vachel Lindsay "...Like the wind. Hoo, Hoo, Hoo. Listen to the yell of Leopold's ghost..."

animal weather

hoot

bird vocalization, usually the cry of an owl. also: hoo hoo, tu-whu, terwit terwoo, whit woo

animal bird

howl

prolonged, doleful cry, typically of a dog or wolf, but can also be human or monkey. find dog vocalizations

animal human

howler monkey

Howler monkeys are widely considered to be the loudest land animal. The main vocals consist of loud, deep guttural growls or "howls". Their vocalizations can be heard from 3 miles (4.8 km) away. It is hypothesized that the function of howling relates to intergroup spacing and territory protection, as well as possibly mate-guarding. more

Kaaahhkkk

Sound of a cat coughing up a hairball. More cat sounds

animal eat_drink disease cat vocalization

low

cattle vocalization

animal

marauder

to rove or pillage for spoils. This word may be of imitative origin, imitating the vocalization of a tomcat. More cat sounds

animal human destroy plunder

meow

cat vocalization. More cat sounds

animal

mew

cat vocalization. More cat sounds

animal

mkgnao

cat vocalization, as used in James Joyce's Ulysses. also spelled mrkgnao; mrkrgnao

moo

cow vocalization

animal

mrow

cat vocalization. More cat sounds

animal

mrrroww

cat vocalization (Doggies by Sandra Boynton). More cat sounds

naa

goat vocalization

animal

nnn...nnn...nnn

sound of a crying dog. from this book:
Doggies, by Sandra Boynton
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oo oo oo

monkey vocalization, also: ook, hoo hoo hoo hoo

animal

ook

monkey vocalization, also: hoo hoo hoo hoo

animal

ow-wow-wow-wow

Fox vocalization. It sounds like a quick series of very high pitched barks. Popular Science

owl

Nocturnal bird of prey. The name is thought to have imitative origins, imitating the owl's vocalizations. Wikipedia

bird animal hoo

prrr

sound produced by cats when sociable or (sometimes) when distressed. also: purr. More cat sounds

animal vocalization

purr

a sound produced by cats, when sociable or sometimes when distressed. also: prr. More cat sounds

animal vocalization

quack

bird vocalization, cry of a duck. More duck sounds

animal bird

raow

dog barking. from this book:
Doggies, by Sandra Boynton
Click here to find more dog vocalizations

red knot

(Calidris canutus) is a medium sized shorebird. name may be imitative of the birds vocalization, sometimes described as a soft "knut", or a soft "quer-wer", though usually the bird is silent. link1, link2

animal bird

ribbit

frog vocalization

animal

rrowff

dog barking. (Doggies by Sandra Boynton) More dog vocalizations

ruff

dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

animal dog

scream

to utter a shrill piercing cry. note: the vocalization of eagles is often called screaming, although according to this wikipedia article, Bald Eagles normally squeak and have a shrill cry, punctuated by grunts, and the scream that is found in films this is usually the call of a Red-tailed Hawk, dubbed into films for dramatic effect.

human animal

skraaa

bird vocalization

animal bird

skraww

bird vocalization

animal bird

terwit terwoo

bird vocalization, the cry of an owl. also: hoo hoo, hoot, tu-whu, whit woo, twit twoo

animal bird

tu-whu

bird vocalization, the cry of an owl. also: hoot, hoo hoo, terwit terwoo, twit twoo, whit woo

animal bird

tweet

bird vocalization (small bird)

animal bird

twit twoo

bird vocalization, cry of an owl. also: hoo hoo, hoot, tu-whu, terwit terwoo, whit woo

animal bird

waak

bird vocalization, cry of a duck. More duck sounds

animal bird

wak wak

duck vocalization. More duck sounds

whee

1. pig vocalization, also: oink, grunt 2. (human) exclamation expressing positive excitement.

animal

whinny

horse vocalization, to neigh especially in a low or gentle way

animal

woof

dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

yakyakyakyak

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

cat animal eatdrink food vocalization

yap

dog vocalization. Find more dog vocalizations

yelp

a short, sharp cry of a dog. Find more dog vocalizations

animal

yowl

to cry loudly with pain, caterwaul, howl

human pain animal vocalization


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