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Get familiar with those onomatopoeia words

(2008-06-17 11:07:59) 下一個
I have these words in my book. not necessary useful but may be checked against someday...

Bang        the sound of fireworks--but only on the Fourth of July
Bark        the sound vocalized by a medium-sized dog
Bing         the sound of the oven timer when the cookies are done
Boing       the sound of a roomful of springs
Bong        the sound of church bells on a Sunday morn
Boom       the sound of an imploding TV vacuum tube
Braap       the sound of oral flatulence
Burble      the sound of a lidded pot brimming with boiling water
Buzz         the sound of ten thousand bees
Clang       the sound of a hammer hitting a sheet of metal
Click        the warning sound of small firearms
Crackle    the sound of wet wood on a campfire
Crash       the imminent sound of playing baseball in the house
Ding         the first sound of the average household’s doorbell
Dong        the second sound of the average household’s doorbell
Fizz          the sound of a bottle of well-shaken Coke
Goosh      the sound of Hoover Dam busting open
Gurgle      the last sound water makes before going down the drain
Huff         the sound Chubby makes when we punch him in the stomach
Hiss         the sound of nearby snakes or low tires (neither is good)
Hum        the sound of the radiator in the library
Ka-blam  the sound of an exploding grenade
Kerplunk the sound of a wrench being dropped into a water-filled basin
Lub-dub  the sound that the heart makes according to anatomy textbooks
Meow     the sound of a real cat
Moo        the sound of a stereotypical cow
Murmur   the sound heard around the workplace on “the day after”
Ping         the sound of a crescent wrench hitting a cement floor
Purr         the sound of a very happy cat or well-groomed automobile
Ring         the sound of kids on bicycles riding towards the ice cream truck
Szhoom    the sound of a light saber cutting through the air
Splash      the sound of the bow breaking through the waves
Squeak    the incessant sound pouring out from my roommate’s chair
Thud        the sound of a lead brick smashing the Earth
Thwap     the sound of skin on skin
Tick         the sound of the Grandfather's clock when the pendulum is on the left
Tock        the sound of the Grandfather's clock when the pendulum is on the right
Whirr       the sound of an electric can opener that has seen better days
Whiz        the sound of a 60-mph baseball three inches from your head
Woosh     the sound that every flying superhero makes on takeoff
Wop        the sound of a wet rag thrown onto a greasy counter top
Yip          the sound of a small annoying dog
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