adj
Clattering, making or filled with a clattering sound.
v
(intransitive) To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay.
adj
Characterized by banging sounds.
v
(transitive) To contact (someone via) a pager device.
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(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.
n
A sound of rapid motion.
adj
Producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing"
n
A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
n
Loud, resonant sound; a repeated loud sound.
n
Something that makes a booming sound.
n
A rattling or scampering noise.
n
An act or sound of braying.
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The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
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(informal, transitive) To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after he/she has sounded the doorbell or buzzer.
v
To make a cash register or slot machine noise.
v
(England, dialectal, rare) To chatter (to talk or make noise) or chuckle.
n
An intermittent noise, as from vibration.
v
To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.
v
To chink or clink; to make a ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.
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(UK) Alternative spelling of chink in the armor. [(idiomatic) A weakness; a weak point (particularly of something formerly considered near-invincible or perfect).]
n
The sound of something that chinks.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cheer up; to make (someone) happier.
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(dialectal) The chattering of teeth due to trembling, shivering, etc.
n
The box or chamber in which a clack valve works.
n
(engineering) A valve; especially one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.
n
Alternative form of clack dish [(historical) A dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice.]
n
(by extension) Any device that makes a clacking noise.
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(intransitive) To move with a clackety sound.
adj
(informal) Being or making a clack sound.
v
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
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To move in a noisy and clumsy manner.
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(chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, informal, often in the phrase drop a clanger) A very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
adv
With a loud, metallic or cymbal-like, clanging sound.
v
Canada, US standard spelling of clangour. [(Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.]
v
(Britain, Canada) To make a clanging sound.
adj
(obsolete) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.
adj
Having a clanging sound.
n
Something that makes a clanking noise.
adj
Making a clanking metallic sound.
v
(obsolete) To abuse with words; to revile; to scold.
v
(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.
v
To make a clicking noise with a sucking action of the tongue, to express disapproval or impatience, urge on a horse, etc.
v
To move with alternate clicking and clacking sounds.
n
A clicking, clacking sound, as of horse hooves on a pavement.
n
The sound or action of a click.
adj
Emitting a click sound.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.
adj
Capable of producing a clinking sound.
n
Someone or something that clinks.
adv
With a clinking sound.
adj
clinking, making a clinking sound, like glass on glass.
v
To clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
v
(transitive) To make some object hit something, thereby producing a clomping sound.
v
To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound.
v
(transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
adj
Being or making a clunk sound.
n
A critical moment or event.
v
(intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
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Obsolete form of jingle. [The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.]
adv
With a grinding sound or motion.
n
(slang) A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler; compare come a cropper).
n
A rattling metallic sound; a clang.
n
The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
n
A thudding or thunking sound.
v
(idiomatic) To come into conflict.
n
A small plastic cylinder that makes a high-pitched groan when shook.
v
(transitive) To produce an oom-pah sound.
n
(countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.
n
(obsolete) A violent palpitation of the heart.
n
Groupings of frequent irregularly repeated sounds of moderate magnitude and lower-than-average pitch.
adv
With a pattering sound.
v
To produce such a sound.
adv
With a quick tapping sound
n
One who makes a plinking sound.
adj
(informal) Having a simple, repetitive, percussive melody.
v
(archaic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) To make such a shrill, high-pitched noise.
v
To make a whizzing sound
n
Alternative form of ratatat [A swiftly repeated knocking sound.]
n
(onomatopoeia) A rapid succession of percussive sounds, as made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another.
n
A toy that makes a rattle sound; a rattle.
adv
With a rattling sound or motion.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply.
adv
With a rocking sound or motion.
v
(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
n
That which makes a rustling noise.
n
(tiddlywinks) A shot where the wink enters the pot but bounces out again.
v
(intransitive, informal) To produce a raw and discordant sound with electric guitars.
v
To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
v
To produce such an effect.
n
(law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.
adv
With a strumming sound or action.
v
(intransitive, rare) To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.
n
Alternative form of thrum [A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.]
adv
In a thudding way; making a thudding sound.
adv
With a thwacking sound.
v
Alternative form of thock [To make, or cause to make, a thock sound.]
n
A sound of something ticking.
n
The crackling sound heard when a bar of tin is bent, caused by the crystal twinning in the metal.
v
To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.
v
To produce such a sound.
v
(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
v
(chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
n
(medicine) A rattling or uvular utterance of the r-sound.
v
Alternative spelling of whirr [To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.]
v
To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
n
Anything that makes a whirring noise.
v
(transitive) To send, signal, or call by a whistle.
n
Alternative form of whizz-bang [(Britain, military slang, historical) A small calibre shell from World War I.]
n
A sound or motion that zooms.
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