List of sounds

Ais forAccent

Someone has an accent when they speak if you can tell that they normally speak in a different language to the one they are talking in now. You can also have an accent if you travel to a different area where people speak the same language but in a different way.

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Photo by Stuart Heath

Bis forBark (dog)

The noise a dog makes is called a bark. It can be written as woof, yap, ruff or bow-wow. The dog in the picture is barking at the camera.

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Photo by tup wanders

Bis forBeep

A beep is a sound some horns and electronics like older computers make. My car's horn goes beep-beep!

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Photo by hapticflapjack

Bis forBleat

Bleating is the noise sheep make. People also say that sheep go baa or maa.

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Photo by David Goehring

Bis forBray

Bray is the name given to the noise a donkey makes.

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Photo by Aeturnum

Bis forBurp

Scientific name: eructation

A burp or belch is gas coming up from your stomach, through your mouth. Burps can be very loud, and can smell bad too.

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Photo by Paul Stein

Bis forBuzz

A buzz is a kind of sharp humming sound, like the noise of a bee or some kinds of machinery.

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Photo by Alan Vernon

Cis forChirp

Chirp is another word for tweet, which is a noise that smaller birds make.

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Photo by vmiramontes

Cis forClink

A clink is the light, high-pitched ringing noise that is made when you lightly hit glass or thin pieces of metal. Clink can also be used as a verb; the people in the picture are clinking their glasses together.

Sounds, Verbs