| explosions |
| hit, strike, touch |
| metal (incl bells, swords) |
| shooting weapons (incl bullets) |
| engines and movement |
| liquid |
| gas (hissing, air etc) |
| crack, rattle and rustle |
| tones and alarms |
| music |
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| human: conversation |
| human: laughter |
| human: pain, disease |
| human: eating, drinking |
|   |
| animals: birds |
| animals: other |
| animals (international): rooster |
| animals (international): dog |
|   |
| uncategorized |
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Tones and alarms | ||
| bleep | electronically generated tone. "to bleep" often means "to mask inappropriate language on television or radio" | |
| blip | a short, crisp sound | |
| bringg / brinng | sound of ringing telephone | |
| buzz | 1. a sibilant humming sound, like a bee (also: bzzz, hum) 2. the sound of a buzzer 3. to be filled with a confused murmur | |
| bweee | electric power tone | |
| eeeeeee | siren | |
| eeeoooeeeooo! | siren | |
| weeeoooeee | siren | |
| whoop | 1. to cry out or creating a disturbance. Also: whoopee, whoop it up, whoop-de-doo. 2. Sound of a siren (whoop, whoop, whoop) | |
| woo-woo-woo | siren | |
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