Weather

D

dibble dibble dopp dopp

sound of rain (from "Mr. Brown can moo, can you?" by Dr. Seuss), also: pitter patter

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dot a dot dot

sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)

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F

flick a flack fleck

sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)

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H

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..."

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L

lash

1. to move violently or suddenly. also: to dash, 2. to thrash or beat violently, as in "the rain lashed at the windowpanes"

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M

moan

1. long low inarticulate murmur, 2. (less common) word describing the sound of doves (as in "The moan of doves in immemorial elms" in the poem "Come Down, O Maid" by Alfred Lord Tennyson), 3. (less common) the sound of wind (in the poem "the night wind", by Eugene Field: "... For the wind will moan in its ruefullest tone:

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P

pitter-patter

the sound of rain, a repetitive pattering sound

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

sound of light summer rain hitting the roof (ref)

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S

schwump schwump schwump schwump

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

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spack a speck speck

sound of rain drops hitting a window pane (in the poem "Weather" by Eve Merriam, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett)

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splatt

sound of lightning (in "Mr. Brown can moo, can you?" by Dr. Seuss), for the sound of thunder: see also explosion

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Y

yoooo

the sound of wind (in the poem "the night wind", by Eugene Field: "... For the wind will moan in its ruefullest tone: 'Yoooooooo!', 'Yoooooooo!', 'Yoooooooo!' ...")

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