Sonic Verbs (Index)

At the end of the introduction to each issue of my This Week in Sound email newsletter I swap in a new sonic verb. This index is the regularly updated list of the words I’ve used. If you have a favorite you don’t see here, let me know. I may use it down the road. Thanks.

babble, bang, bark, bawl, bay, belch, beep, blow, boing, bombinate, burble, burr, buzz, cackle, cantillate, cheep, chirm, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, churr, clang, clank, clatter, clink, clunk, coo, crack, crackle, crash, croak, croon, crunch, cry, ding, dong, drone, echo, echolocate, fizzle, gasp, groan, growl, gurgle, hack, harmonize, hiss, honk, hoot, howl, hum, intone, jingle, keen, lub, mewl, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, nasalize, oscillate, outgribe, plop, plunk, pop, pow, pulse, purr, psithurate , rattle, resound, ring, rip, roar, rumble, rustle, scrape, scream, screech, shimmer, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sign, smack, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, sough, splash, splat, sputter, squall, squeak, squeal, squish, susurrate, swish, thud, tinkle, toot, thrum, thwack, twang, trill, ululate, vibrate, wail, warble, whack, wheeze, whiffle, whimper, whine, whir, whisper, whistle, yell, yelp, yodel, yowl