Noun

• S: (n) spiel, patter, line of gab (plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) channel, communication channel, line ((often plural) a means of communication or access) "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) patter (a quick succession of light rapid sounds) "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"

Verb

• S: (v) sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-patter (rain gently) "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
• S: (v) patter, pitter-patter (make light, rapid and repeated sounds) "gently pattering rain"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) sound, go (make a certain noise or sound) "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
• S: (v) snarl (make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise) "Bullets snarled past us"
• S: (v) whistle, sing (make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound) "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear"
• S: (v) blow (make a sound as if blown) "The whistle blew"
• S: (v) ting (make a light, metallic sound; go `ting')
• S: (v) make noise, resound, noise (emit a noise)
• S: (v) splat (give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact)
• S: (v) twang (sound with a twang) "the bowstring was twanging"
• S: (v) clang, clangor (make a loud noise) "clanging metal"
• S: (v) clank (make a clank) "the train clanked through the village"
• S: (v) clangor, clangour (make a loud resonant noise) "the alarm clangored throughout the building"
• S: (v) boom, boom out (make a deep hollow sound) "Her voice booms out the words of the song"
• S: (v) drum, beat, thrum (make a rhythmic sound) "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"
• S: (v) rattle (make short successive sounds)
• S: (v) tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat (make a sound like a clock or a timer) "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
• S: (v) resonate, vibrate (sound with resonance) "The sound resonates well in this theater"
• S: (v) crash (make a sudden loud sound) "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night"
• S: (v) tweet, twirp (make a weak, chirping sound) "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"
• S: (v) skirl (make a shrill, wailing sound) "skirling bagpipes"
• S: (v) gurgle (make sounds similar to gurgling water) "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"
• S: (v) glug (make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle) "the wine bottles glugged"
• S: (v) blow (sound by having air expelled through a tube) "The trumpets blew"
• S: (v) whish (make a sibilant sound)
• S: (v) guggle (make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle)
• S: (v) ping (make a short high-pitched sound) "the bullet pinged when they struck the car"
• S: (v) pink, ping, knock (sound like a car engine that is firing too early) "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
• S: (v) trump (produce a sound as if from a trumpet)
• S: (v) squelch (make a sucking sound)
• S: (v) chug (make a dull, explosive sound) "the engine chugged down the street"
• S: (v) ring, peal (sound loudly and sonorously) "the bells rang"
• S: (v) buzz, bombinate, bombilate (make a buzzing sound) "bees were buzzing around the hive"
• S: (v) chime (emit a sound) "bells and gongs chimed"
• S: (v) rustle (make a dry crackling sound) "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"
• S: (v) snap, crack (make a sharp sound) "his fingers snapped"
• S: (v) crack (make a very sharp explosive sound) "His gun cracked"
• S: (v) honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot (make a loud noise) "The horns of the taxis blared"
• S: (v) whistle (make whistling sounds) "He lay there, snoring and whistling"
• S: (v) resound, echo, ring, reverberate (ring or echo with sound) "the hall resounded with laughter"
• S: (v) thud, thump (make a dull sound) "the knocker thudded against the front door"
• S: (v) clop, clump, clunk, plunk (make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground)
• S: (v) patter, pitter-patter (make light, rapid and repeated sounds) "gently pattering rain"
• S: (v) tap, rap, knock, pink (make light, repeated taps on a surface) "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
• S: (v) click, tick (make a clicking or ticking sound) "The clock ticked away"
• S: (v) chatter, click (click repeatedly or uncontrollably) "Chattering teeth"
• S: (v) pop (make a sharp explosive noise) "The cork of the champagne bottle popped"
• S: (v) tinkle, tink, clink, chink (make or emit a high sound) "tinkling bells"
• S: (v) splash, splosh, slosh, slush (make a splashing sound) "water was splashing on the floor"
• S: (v) hum, thrum (sound with a monotonous hum)
• S: (v) bleep (emit a single short high-pitched signal) "The computer bleeped away"
• S: (v) rumble, grumble (make a low noise) "rumbling thunder"
• S: (v) boom, din (make a resonant sound, like artillery) "His deep voice boomed through the hall"
• S: (v) bang (to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound) "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my bed"
• S: (v) ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle (flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise) "babbling brooks"
• S: (v) lap, swish, swosh, swoosh (move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound) "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"
• S: (v) drone (make a monotonous low dull sound) "The harmonium was droning on"
• S: (v) whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr (make a soft swishing sound) "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
• S: (v) roll (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound) "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame