English > sound: 25 senses > noun 4, event| Meaning | The sudden occurrence of an audible event. |
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| Example | "the sound awakened them" |
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| Narrower | beat | The sound of stroke or blow / blow |
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| beep, bleep | A short high tone produced as a signal or warning |
| bell, toll | The sound of a bell being struck |
| bong | A dull resonant sound as of a bell |
| buzz, bombilation, bombination | sound of rapid vibration |
| chink, click, clink | A short light metallic sound |
| chirp | A sharp sound made by small birds or insects |
| chirrup, twitter | A series of chirps |
| chorus | Any utterance produced simultaneously by a group |
| click-clack | A succession of clicks |
| clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping | The sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface |
| cry | The characteristic utterance of an animal |
| ding | A ringing sound |
| drip, dripping | The sound of a liquid / liquid falling drop by drop |
| drum | The sound of a drum |
| footfall, footstep, step | The sound of a step of someone walking |
| gargle | The sound produced while gargling |
| gurgle | The bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck |
| jingle, jangle | A metallic sound |
| knock, knocking | The sound of knocking / knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) |
| mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation | A low continuous indistinct sound |
| noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| paradiddle, roll, drum roll | The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously |
| pat, rap, tap | The sound made by a gentle blow |
| patter | A quick succession of light rapid sounds |
| peal, pealing, roll, rolling | A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
| ping | A sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal) |
| plunk | A hollow twanging sound |
| pop, popping | A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork |
| purr | A low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat |
| quack | The harsh sound of a duck |
| quaver | A tremulous sound |
| ring, ringing, tintinnabulation | The sound of a bell ringing |
| rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat | The sound made by beating a drum |
| sigh | A sound like a person sighing |
| skirl | The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe |
| song | A distinctive or characteristic sound |
| strum | sound of strumming |
| susurration, susurrus | The indistinct sound of people whispering |
| swish | A brushing or rustling sound |
| tapping | The sound of light blow or knock |
| throbbing | A sound with a strong rhythmic beat |
| thrum | A thrumming sound |
| thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud | A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) |
| thunk | A dull hollow sound |
| tick, ticking | A metallic tapping sound |
| ting, tinkle | A light clear metallic sound as of a small bell |
| toot | A blast of a horn |
| tootle | The sound of casual playing on a musical instrument |
| trample, trampling | The sound of heavy treading or stomping |
| twang | A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string) |
| vibrato | (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch |
| voice | A sound suggestive of a vocal utterance |
| vroom | The roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed |
| whack | The sound made by a sharp swift blow / blow |
| whir, whirr, whirring, birr | sound of something in rapid motion |
| whistle, whistling | The sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture / aperture |
| whiz | A buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air |
| zing | A brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound |
| zizz | A buzzing or whizzing / whizzing sound |
| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event | An event that happens |
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| Spanish | ruido, sonido, son |
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| Catalan | so, soroll |
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| Verbs | sound | make a certain noise or sound |
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| sound | cause to sound |
| sound | announce by means of a sound |
| sound | give ... / give off a certain sound or sounds |
English > sound: 25 senses > noun 7, object| Meaning | A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger / larger bodies of water. |
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| Synonym | strait |
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| Instances | Bering Strait | A strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean |
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| Bosporus | A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea |
| Cook Strait | A narrow strait separating the North Island and South Island in New Zealand |
| Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont | The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey |
| East River | A tidal strait separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn |
| Golden Gate | A strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean |
| Kattegatt | A strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Sweden |
| Korean Strait, Korea Strait | A strait between Korea and Japan |
| Menai Strait | A strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland |
| North Channel | A strait between Northern Ireland and Scotland that connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea |
| Skagerrak, Skagerak | A broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway |
| Solent | A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |
| Strait of Dover, Strait of Calais, Pas de Calais | The strait between the English Channel and the North Sea |
| Strait of Georgia | The strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland |
| Strait of Gibraltar | The strait between Spain and Africa |
| Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Ormuz | A strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman |
| Strait of Magellan | The strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent |
| Strait of Malacca | The strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra |
| Strait of Messina | The strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy |
| Torres Strait | A strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea |
| Narrower | narrow | A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water |
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| Broader | channel | A deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger / larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels |
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| Spanish | estrecho, paso, seno |
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| Catalan | estret |
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English > sound: 25 senses > verb 2, perception| Meaning | make a certain noise or sound. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective |
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| Model | The woods sound with many kinds of birds |
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| Synonym | go |
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| Caused by | ring, knell | make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification |
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| sound | Cause to sound |
| Narrower | bang | To produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound |
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| bleep | emit a single short high-pitched signal |
| blow | make a sound as if blown |
| blow | sound by having air expelled through a tube |
| boom, din | make a resonant sound, like artillery |
| boom, boom out | make a deep hollow sound |
| buzz, bombinate, bombilate | make a buzzing sound |
| chatter, click | click repeatedly or uncontrollably |
| chime | emit a sound |
| chug | make a dull, explosive sound |
| clang, clangor | make a loud noise |
| clangor, clangour | make a loud resonant noise |
| clank | make a clank |
| click, tick | make a clicking or ticking sound |
| clop, clump, clunk, plunk | make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground |
| crack | make a very sharp explosive sound |
| crash | Make a sudden loud sound |
| drone | make a monotonous low dull sound |
| drum, beat, thrum | make a rhythmic sound |
| glug | make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle |
| guggle | make a sound like a liquid / liquid that is being poured from a bottle |
| gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water |
| honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot | make a loud noise |
| hum, thrum | sound with a monotonous hum |
| lap, swish, swosh, swoosh | Move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound |
| make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| patter, pitter-patter | make light, rapid and repeated sounds |
| ping | make a short high-pitched sound |
| pink, ping, knock | sound like a car engine that is firing too early |
| pop | make a sharp explosive noise |
| rattle | make short successive sounds |
| resonate, vibrate | sound with resonance |
| resound, echo, ring, reverberate | ring or echo with sound |
| ring, peal | sound loudly and sonorously |
| ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle | Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise |
| roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound |
| rumble, grumble | make a low noise |
| rustle | make a dry crackling sound |
| skirl | make a shrill, wailing sound |
| snap, crack | make a sharp sound |
| snarl | make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise |
| splash, splosh, slosh, slush | make a splashing sound |
| splat | give ... / give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact |
| squelch | make a sucking sound |
| tap, rap, knock, pink | make light, repeated taps on a surface |
| thud, thump | make a dull sound |
| tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat | make a sound like a clock or a timer / timer |
| ting | make a light, metallic sound |
| tinkle, tink, clink, chink | make or emit a high sound |
| trump | produce a sound as if from a trumpet |
| twang | sound with a twang |
| tweet, twirp | make a weak, chirping sound |
| whish | make a sibilant sound |
| whistle, sing | make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound |
| whistle | make whistling sounds |
| whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr | make a soft swishing sound |
| Broader | cause to be perceived | Have perceptible qualities |
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| Spanish | hacer ruido, sonar |
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| Catalan | fer sorolls, sonar |
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| Nouns | sound | the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause |
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| sound | the audible part of a transmitted signal |
| sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| sound | mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium |
