adj
Swishing, making a rustling sound while moving.
n
(Scotland) A whirring noise
n
(Northern England, Scotland) A loud noise or cry.
v
(Scotland) To burst into tears.
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Alternative form of broggle [(UK, dialect) To sniggle, or fish with a brog.]
v
(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.
n
One who brays, or makes the sound of a donkey.
v
(Scotland) To make a grating sound.
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the sound of a spoon rapidly whisking around a pot or basin.
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(Scotland) A kind of musical warble.
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(intransitive) To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.
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To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
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(UK, dialectal) A hectoring or scolding
n
(childish) The sound made by a steam locomotive or ship.
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(intransitive, of a tiger or snow leopard) To produce prusten.
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(Scotland) To honk or cry like a goose.
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(UK, Scotland, dialect) To gossip or chit-chat.
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(countable) A word rhyming with another word.
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(originally Scotland, dialect) To make a cooing sound.
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(Scotland) To drone like a bagpipe.
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Alternative form of dwalm [(Scotland, intransitive) To fail in health.]
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Alternative form of fistle [To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).]
n
(countable) A loud noise; a cacophony, a din.
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Alternative spelling of frou-frou [(onomatopoeia) A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress.]
v
(intransitive, of a bird, Scotland) To call.
v
(Scotland, Northern England) To whinge, moan, complain.
v
(obsolete, Scotland) To weep angrily; to howl.
v
(Scotland, Ireland) To growl or snarl.
n
(Scotland) A cough or gasp
n
A small particle; a whit or jot.
n
(archaic, Caribbean) trismus
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(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
v
(transitive) To cast off; to moult.
n
An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
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(transitive, intransitive, Shetland, singing) To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
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Obsolete spelling of psithurism [(obsolete) The sound of rustling leaves or wind in the trees.]
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(dialectal) A blow; a bang.
n
A noisemaker or musical instrument where sound is generated by a board striking against a rotating gear. See gragger, raganella.
n
A rough noise produced in the throat by air passing through obstructed airways; croup; a death rattle.
n
Alternative spelling of rattletrap [(informal) A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.]
n
(colloquial) Any decrepit or noisy vehicle, such as a cart, carriage or train.
n
(dated, slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
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(Scotland, intransitive) To make a rattling noise in the throat.
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Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
n
(chiefly Northern England) A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty in breathing.
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(music, jazz) To sing an improvised melodic solo using nonsense syllables, often onomatopoeic or imitative of musical instruments.
n
Alternative form of scaurie [(Shetland) The young of any gull.]
adj
Characteristic of a scraping sound or motion.
n
(Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.
n
(chiefly humorous) A (discordant) sound or tune played on bagpipes, a fiddle, or a pipe.
v
To emit a screel; to screech or skirl.
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(Scotland, intransitive) To cry out with a shrill voice.
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(Scotland, Northern England) To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
v
To make a whirring sound.
n
(UK, regional) A cry or scream.
n
(obsolete) A battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland.
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Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”) [A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto.]
n
Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”) [A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people (such as a movement or political party); a motto.]
n
(Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
v
(Scotland, transitive, intransitive) to hum or whistle a low tone
v
(transitive, electronics) To undergo squegging.
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(tiddlywinks) One who squops.
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A device to change the voice to make it more raspy, used in Punch and Judy performances
n
The sound of fabric or fur moving in the air.
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(intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking.
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(Scotland, rare) To trickle.
v
Alternative spelling of tsktsk [(intransitive, rare) To make a tsktsk sound of disapproval.]
n
A chirp (pulse) that rises in frequency over time.
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(UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To bark; to woof.
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(intransitive, Britain, dialectal) Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
n
Alternative form of wapinschawing [The holding of a wapinschaw.]
n
(UK, dialect) A small yelping cur.
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(military) In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.
n
Alternative form of warble (“lesion under skin of cattle”) [The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.]
n
Alternative spelling of whack-a-mole [(idiomatic, chiefly Canada, US) The practice of trying to stop problems, etc., that repeatedly occur in an apparently random manner; also, the act of dealing with such matters in a piecemeal manner without achieving a complete solution.]
v
(UK, Scotland, dialect) To whistle with a shrill pipe, like a plover.
n
The act of producing a whicker.
adj
(rare) Making a whirr sound or motion.
n
Alternative form of willy willy [(Australia) A whirlwind, cyclone or tornado; a dust devil.]
n
Alternative form of whoosh [A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed.]
v
(obsolete, Scotland) To strike or lash with a whip or stick.
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(Scotland, obsolete) To bark
v
(Scotland) Alternative form of yeuk [(Scotland) to itch, irritate the skin]
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