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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vibrate in sound |
| Synonyms: | echo, react, rebound, recoil, redound, reecho, resound, ring |
| Antonyms: | quieten |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make droning sound |
| Synonyms: | bombinate, bumble, drone, fizz, fizzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, sibilate, whir, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
| Synonyms: | bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | drum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, tap a beat |
| Synonyms: | boom*, pulsate, rap, reverberate, roar, strum, tattoo, throb, thrum, thunder* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, do like, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, rubber-stamp, second, vibrate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jingle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make metallic clinking noise |
| Synonyms: | chime, chink, chinkle, clamor, clang, clatter, clink, ding, jangle, rattle, reverberate, ring, sound, tingle, tinkle, tintannabulate |
| Main Entry: | peal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chime, clang |
| Synonyms: | bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate, ring, ring out, roar, roll, rumble, sound, strike, thunder, tintinnabulate, toll |
| Main Entry: | reflect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back |
| Synonyms: | cast, catch, copy, echo, emulate, flash, follow, give forth, imitate, match, mirror, rebound, repeat, repercuss, reply, reproduce, resonate, resound, return, reverberate, reverse, revert, shine, take after, throw back |
| Main Entry: | resonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resound |
| Synonyms: | echo, oscillate, reproduce, reverberate, ring, sound, vibrate |
| Notes: | resonate means 'to expand, to intensity, or amplify the sound of,' whereas resound means 'to throw back, repeat, the sound of' |
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