Metal |
| chink | to make a sharp ringing sound |
| chiming | the sound of wedding bells (features in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe) |
| clackety / clack | sound of a train riding on a railroad switch or joint ("Song of the train" by David McCord, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| clang | 1. loud ringing metallic sound 2. harsh cry of a bird (as a crane or goose) |
| clanging | sound of fire bells (features in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe) |
| clickety-clack / click-ety-clack | sound of a train sound of a train riding on a railroad switch or joint ("Song of the train" by David McCord, in "Noisy poems" by Jill Bennett) |
| clink | a sharp metallic sound |
| cltkty | sound of a coin put into a vending machine (from the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, by Chris Ware ref) |
| cliche | stereotyped phrase (imitative origin, from the sound of dropping the matrix on the molten metal) |
| ding-dong | tolling of a bell |
| jangle | to make a harsh metallic sound, or to cause to make a harsh discordant sound |
| jingle | 1. to make a light clinking or tinkling sound, 2. to rhyme or sound in a catchy repetitious manner |
| ka-ching | sound of cash register |
| kirik | sound of breaking metal ("Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa", by Verna Aardema) |
| koink | sound of queezing a can of oil to lubricate something ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| ping | an abrupt, ringing sound, a bullet striking something, or a computer tone |
| reek | sound of a squeaky metal hinge ("Garfield", Jim Davis) |
| shashing | sound of a sword drawn from a sheath, also: shiiiiiing, vzzzzt |
| shiiiiing | sound of a sword drawn from a sheath. also: shashing, vzzzzt |
| snip | sound of a single cut of scissors |
| swash | to dash violently, make a noise of clashing swords |
| thung | sound of a blow to a metal object (features in a Roy Lichtenstein painting |
| tintinnabulation | sound of bells |
| tinkle | a gentle, ringing sound |
| tinkling | sound of sleigh bells, (features in the poem "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe) |
| vzzzzt | the sound of a sword drawn from a sheath. Also: shiiiiing, shashing |
