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B

brat / bratatat

sound of machine gun. (Bratatat! is a Roy Lichtenstein painting)

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C

clack

1. chatter, prattle 2. to make an abrupt striking sound or series of sounds, such as footsteps 3. cry of a bird , especially fowl. see also: cackle, cluck 4. Sound of a late 19th century gun being closed after loading, according to a reply to a yahoo!Answers post about the sound of old guns

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D

dakka

the sound produced by fully-automatic weapons in action. Use in computer gaming: Acquiring "more dakka" leads to a faster rate of bullet discharge and thus improves the player's overall chance of taking out hostiles ref

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J

jar

1. harsh sound, 2. the sound of guns (in the poem "Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton: "...For he heard drums groaning and he heard guns jar ..."

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M

moob

sound of an "implosion bomb". In a classic Uncle Scrooge tale by Carl Barks, Gyro Gearloose invented an "implosion bomb" that sucked up material and compacted it into a neat pile. Intended for litter collection, the Written Sound Effect was "MOOB", explicitly stated to be "BOOM" backwards. TvTropes

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P

p-taff

sound of a handgun

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pew pew

sound produced by a lasergun

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pht / ft

sound of an air-pistol, or pistol with silencer

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ping

an abrupt, ringing sound, a bullet striking something, or a computer tone

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poomb

Sound of an old pistol firing, according to a post on Yahoo!Answers

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R

ratatatat / rat-a-tat / bratat

sharp rapping sound repeated, often a machine gun

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S

schhwaff

sound of a flying arrow

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schlikt

Schlikt replaced the usual snikt sound of super hero Wolverine's claws, during the period he was left without the adamantium covering on his bones.

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snikt

"snikt" in the Marvel comic books is the written sound of super hero Wolverine's claws popping. Replaced with schlikt during the period he was left without the adamantium covering on his bones.

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T

t'chi

sound of an arrow being shot from a bow ("Sebgugugu the Glutton: A Bantu Tale from Rwanda", by Verna Aardema)

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takka takka

sound of a machine gun (title of a Roy Lichtenstein painting)

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thwip

Spiderman web shooter

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tuff

sound of a shuriken, or throwing star, hitting a target

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tzing

the sound of a bullet hitting the ground (features in Roy Lichtenstein painting "Live Ammo (Tzing!)")

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Z

zap

to destroy or kill by or as if by shooting

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What is Onomatopoeia?

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates sound. "Onomatopoeic" is often synonymous to "echoic" or "imitative". The plural form is "onomatopoeias" but it can also be used as an uncountable noun. So kaboom and buzz are onomatopoeias, but ...read more »

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How to write characters with accents

If you need to write a character with an accent, here is some useful advice from writer Rose Lerner, and over here more specifically about the Southern American accent.
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