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Noun

S: (n) baa (the cry made by sheep)

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S: (n) cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal) "animal cries filled the night"

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S: (n) sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event) "the sound awakened them"

S: (n) bong (a dull resonant sound as of a bell)
S: (n) beat (the sound of stroke or blow) "he heard the beat of a drum"
S: (n) beep, bleep (a short high tone produced as a signal or warning)
S: (n) bell, toll (the sound of a bell being struck) "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
S: (n) buzz, bombilation, bombination (sound of rapid vibration) "the buzz of a bumble bee"
S: (n) chink, click, clink (a short light metallic sound)
S: (n) chirp (a sharp sound made by small birds or insects)
S: (n) chirrup, twitter (a series of chirps)
S: (n) chorus (any utterance produced simultaneously by a group) "a chorus of boos"
S: (n) click-clack (a succession of clicks)
S: (n) clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping (the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface)
S: (n) cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal) "animal cries filled the night"
S: (n) ding (a ringing sound)
S: (n) drip, dripping (the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop) "the constant sound of dripping irritated him"
S: (n) drum (the sound of a drum) "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"
S: (n) footfall, footstep, step (the sound of a step of someone walking) "he heard footsteps on the porch"
S: (n) gargle (the sound produced while gargling)
S: (n) gurgle (the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck)
S: (n) jingle, jangle (a metallic sound) "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs"
S: (n) knock, knocking (the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)) "the knocking grew louder"
S: (n) mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation (a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech)
S: (n) noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)) "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
S: (n) paradiddle, roll, drum roll (the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously)
S: (n) pat, rap, tap (the sound made by a gentle blow)
S: (n) patter (a quick succession of light rapid sounds) "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
S: (n) peal, pealing, roll, rolling (a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells))
S: (n) ping (a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal))
S: (n) plunk (a hollow twanging sound)
S: (n) pop, popping (a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork)
S: (n) purr (a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat)
S: (n) quack (the harsh sound of a duck)
S: (n) quaver (a tremulous sound)
S: (n) ring, ringing, tintinnabulation (the sound of a bell ringing) "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe
S: (n) rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat (the sound made by beating a drum)
S: (n) sigh (a sound like a person sighing) "she heard the sigh of the wind in the trees"
S: (n) skirl (the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe)
S: (n) song (a distinctive or characteristic sound) "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead"
S: (n) strum (sound of strumming) "the strum of a guitar"
S: (n) susurration, susurrus (the indistinct sound of people whispering) "a soft susurrus of conversation"
S: (n) swish (a brushing or rustling sound)
S: (n) tapping (the sound of light blow or knock) "he heard the tapping of the man's cane"
S: (n) throbbing (a sound with a strong rhythmic beat) "the throbbing of the engines"
S: (n) thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))
S: (n) thrum (a thrumming sound) "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"
S: (n) thunk (a dull hollow sound) "the basketball made a thunk as it hit the rim"
S: (n) tick, ticking (a metallic tapping sound) "he counted the ticks of the clock"
S: (n) ting, tinkle (a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell)
S: (n) toot (a blast of a horn)
S: (n) tootle (the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument) "he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up"
S: (n) trample, trampling (the sound of heavy treading or stomping) "he heard the trample of many feet"
S: (n) twang (a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string))
S: (n) vibrato ((music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch)
S: (n) voice (a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance) "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
S: (n) vroom (the roaring sound made by a motor that is running at high speed)
S: (n) whack (the sound made by a sharp swift blow)
S: (n) whir, whirr, whirring, birr (sound of something in rapid motion) "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers"
S: (n) whistle, whistling (the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture)
S: (n) whiz (a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air) "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
S: (n) zing (a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound) "the zing of the passing bullet"
S: (n) zizz (a buzzing or whizzing sound) "a nasty zizz in the engine"

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S: (n) Baum, Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown (United States writer of children's books (1856-1919))

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Verb

S: (v) bleat, blate, blat, baa (cry plaintively) "The lambs were bleating"

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