- Sudden and violent sounds.
- Repeated and protracted sounds.
- Resonance (Substantives), ring, ringing, jingle, chink, tinkle, tink, tintinnabulation, gurgle, chime, toot, tootle, see 404.
- Hissing sounds.
- Harsh sounds.
Hoarseness, huskiness, raucity.
(Verbs). To whisper, breathe, murmur, mutter, purl, hum, croon, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow.
(Phrases). Steal on the ear; melt, float on the air.
(Adjectives). Inaudible, scarcely audible, low, dull, stifled, muffled, hoarse, husky, gentle, breathed, etc., soft, floating, purling, etc., liquid, mellifluous, dulcet, flowing, soothing.
(Adverbs). In a whisper, with bated breath, under one's breath, sotto voce, between the teeth, aside, piano, pianissimo, à la sourdine.
2 SPECIFIC SOUNDS
Snap (Substantives), knock, click, clash, slam, clack, crack, crackling, crepitation, decrepitation, report, pop, plop, bang, ping, zip, clap, burst, explosion, discharge, crash, detonation, firing, salvo, atmospherics.
Squib, cracker, gun, pop-gun.
(Verbs). To snap, knock, etc., brustle.
(Adjective). Snapping, etc.
Roll (Substantives), rumble, rumbling, hum, humming, shake, trill, chime, tick, beat, toll, ticking, tick - tack, patter, tattoo, ding - dong, drumming, quaver, tremolo, ratatat, rataplan, rattat, clatter, clutter, rattle, racket, rub-a-dub.
(Phrases). The devil's tattoo; tuck of drum.
(Verbs). To roll, beat, tick, toll, drum, etc., drum, or din in the ear.
(Adjectives). Rolling, rumbling, etc.
Reflection, reverberation, echo.
(Verbs). To resound, ring, jingle, clink, etc.
(Adjectives). Resounding, resonant, tintinnabular, ringing, etc.
(Phrase). Clear as a bell.
Bass, low, flat or grave note, chest-note, baritone, deep - toned, deep - sounding, deep-mouthed, hollow, sepulchral, basso profundo.
Sibilation (Substantives), hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, sneeze, sternutation.
(Verbs). To hiss, buzz, etc.
(Adjectives). Sibilant, hissing, buzzing, etc.
High notes, see 410.