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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, bong, clash, clink, jangle, ring |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with a loud noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, bump, clang, clank, clatter, collide, crash, grate, grind, jangle, jar, jolt, prang, rattle, scrap, scrimmage, shock, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make racket |
| Synonyms: | bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash |
| Main Entry: | jangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clinking noises |
| Synonyms: | chime, clank, clash, clatter, conflict, disaccord, discord, disharmonize, hit a sour note, jar, jingle, mismatch, rattle, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chime, bell-like noise |
| Synonyms: | buzz, call, clangor, clank, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, reverberation, tinkle, toll, vibration |
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce noise |
| Synonyms: | babble, bang, bark, blare, blow, boom, burst, buzz, cackle, chatter, clack, clang, clank, clap, clatter, clink, crash, creak, detonate, echo, emit, explode, hum, jabber, jangle, jar, moan, murmur, patter, play, rattle, reflect, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, roar, rumble, shout, shriek, shrill, sing, slam, smash, snort, squawk, thud, thump, thunder, toot, trumpet, vibrate, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
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| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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deaf, faint, loud, acoustic, altitonant, amphorous, anechoic, assonant, audible, audio, auditory, aural, auricular, borborygmic, buccinal, cacuminal, closed, distinct, dumb, foudroyant, glad, inaudible, isacoustic, monophonic, mum, mute, noisy, non, quadraphonic, quiet, rataplan, raucous, reel, rooped, roupy, singultous, soft, sonant, sonic, soniferous, sonorific, sonorous, sounding, soundproof, stereophonic, stertorous, still, stone, supersonic, throaty, tone
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| Concept: | Sound. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; sound in general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
produce sound; sound, make a noise; give out sound, emit sound; resound.
-adjectives
sounding; soniferous; sonorous, sonorific; resonant, audible, distinct; stertorous; phonetic; phonic, phonocamptic.
-phrases
"a thousand trills and quivering sounds" [Addison]; forensis strepitus.
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| Antonyms: | silence |
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