English Vocabulary: Animalistic Cries (Onomatopoeia)
Xah Lee, ,
While reading about the horse that neighed, i thought of words that characterize animal's cries. Here's a list:
- horses neigh
- donkeys bray
- bulls snort
- hogs grunt
- lions roar
- cats meow and purr
- goats bleat
- sheep baa
- wolves howl
- dogs growl and bark
- puppies yelp
- snakes hiss
- rattle snakes rattle
- birds chirp and tweet
- pidgeons coo
- ducks quack
- owls hoot
- chickadees chickadee
- cuckoos cuckoo
- hens cackle and cluck
- crows caw
- roosters crow
- whales hum
- dolphins click
- frogs ribbit and croak
- elephant trumpet
- hyenas laugh
- parrots talk
- monkeys chatter and gibber
And what do human animals do? We brouhaha, hubbub and babble!
This reminds me of H G Well's War of the Worlds, where Martians ululate!
Wikipedia adds: Onomatopoeia.
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