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Onomatopoeic words

Onomatopoeic words imitate the sounds which come from nature. They are very much used in poetry, comic strips and advertisements.

Here follow a few:

-> to patter = the sound rain makes on surfaces

-> to howl = to utter a lament, especially wolves or dogs

-> to rattle= to emit repetitive, short sounds,as pieces of metal do shaken together

-> to creak = to emit a sound as wooden doors or windows do shaken by the wind

-> to rumble = to emit a roaring sound, as thunders do

-> to snore = to emit a loud breath through one's nose when sleeping

-> to purr = to emit a sound (especially of felids when they are happy or sleeping)

-> to screech = to make a sharp sound (especially the brakes of a car on gravel)

-> to ring = to emit a resonant sound

-> to growl = to emit a sound denoting anger (especially animals, like dogs)

-> to splash = to scatter water (or other liquids) around

-> to snort = to make a sound through the nose as pigs do

-> to smack = to hit with the hand

-> to hiss = to emit a sound as snakes do

-> to hush = to make someone silent by putting the index finger on one's mouth

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1. When I got near the child, the dog began at me.

2. Someone at the door the bell twice.

3. It was a cold and chilling night. Wolves were at the moon.

4. Tigger, the cat, was sleeping near the fireplace, peacefully.

5. The rain was against my bedroom window.

6. When I paid her a compliment, the girl my face.

7. I heard a sound and saw a viper on the sidewalk.

8. I couldn't sleep all night as my husband was loud.

9. The police car came to a halt with a of brakes.

10. The thunder was in the distance: a storm was approaching.

11. When the wind is strong, all the doors and windows of my house .

12. A rattlesnake emits a sound as though metal pieces were being shaken.

13. The pigs in the pigsty were in the mud.

14. Just as we were about to enter the Cathedral, a priest us up.

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