Noun

• S: (n) crunch (the sound of something crunching) "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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) bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam (a sudden very loud noise)
• S: (n) banging (a continuing very loud noise)
• S: (n) bark (a noise resembling the bark of a dog)
• S: (n) blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din (a loud harsh or strident noise)
• S: (n) boom, roar, roaring, thunder (a deep prolonged loud noise)
• S: (n) chatter, chattering (the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys))
• S: (n) chatter, chattering (the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine)
• S: (n) chug (the dull explosive noise made by an engine)
• S: (n) clack, clap (a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated)
• S: (n) clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash (a loud resonant repeating noise) "he could hear the clang of distant bells"
• S: (n) clatter (a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement)) "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"
• S: (n) crack, cracking, snap (a sudden sharp noise) "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
• S: (n) crackle, crackling, crepitation (the sharp sound of snapping noises)
• S: (n) creak, creaking (a squeaking sound) "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
• S: (n) crunch (the sound of something crunching) "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
• S: (n) ding-dong (the noise made by a bell)
• S: (n) explosion (the noise caused by an explosion) "the explosion was heard a mile away"
• S: (n) grate (a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something)
• S: (n) grinding (a harsh and strident sound (as of the grinding of gears))
• S: (n) grunt, oink (the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs)
• S: (n) hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation (a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)) "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
• S: (n) howl (a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound) "the howl of the wind made him restless"
• S: (n) hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer (loud confused noise from many sources)
• S: (n) hum, humming (a humming noise) "the hum of distant traffic"
• S: (n) pant (the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine))
• S: (n) plonk (the noise of something dropping (as into liquid))
• S: (n) plop (the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash)
• S: (n) plump (the sound of a sudden heavy fall)
• S: (n) racket (a loud and disturbing noise)
• S: (n) rattle, rattling, rale (a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)) "the death rattle"
• S: (n) report (a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)) "they heard a violent report followed by silence"
• S: (n) rhonchus (a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels)
• S: (n) rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling (a loud low dull continuous noise) "they heard the rumbling of thunder"
• S: (n) rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering (a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind)
• S: (n) scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching (a harsh noise made by scraping) "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
• S: (n) screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming (a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry) "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"
• S: (n) scrunch (a crunching noise)
• S: (n) shrilling (a continuing shrill noise) "the clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
• S: (n) sizzle (a sizzling noise)
• S: (n) slam (the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects)
• S: (n) snap (the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand) "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers"
• S: (n) snore (the rattling noise produced when snoring)
• S: (n) spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering (the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively) "he heard a spatter of gunfire"
• S: (n) splash, plash (the sound like water splashing)
• S: (n) squawk (the noise of squawking) "she awoke to the squawk of chickens"; "the squawk of car horns"
• S: (n) squeak (a short high-pitched noise) "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow"
• S: (n) squish (the noise of soft mud being walked on)
• S: (n) stridulation (a shrill grating or chirping noise made by some insects by rubbing body parts together)
• S: (n) swoosh, whoosh (the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid))
• S: (n) thunder (a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) crunch (a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)) "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) crush, crunch, compaction (the act of crushing)

Verb

• S: (v) crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle (make a crushing noise) "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
• S: (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind (press or grind with a crushing noise)
• S: (v) crunch, munch (chew noisily) "The children crunched the celery sticks"
• S: (v) grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading) "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"