"Clop", definitely. It's listed in the dictionary as "the sound of horses' hooves on a hard surface; origin imitative"; i.e. it means exactly the same thing, and has exactly the same origin, as "clip-clop" and "clippety-clop".
"Clang" is more arguable. Yes, it's the sound of metal hitting metal. But "jail bars closing" is very specific, and "clink" definitely has that specific connotation.
I think many of these could have lots of different answers, and it's impossible to say which answers are correct or wrong. I tried ba-dum-tch, and just tch for cymbals, bang for explosion, shazam for magician, and slam for jail bars.
Not sure if slam or shazam are onomatopoeia. I tried woosh for the magician though. And clang, clash, cling, cloink I dont know for the cymbals :/ zing mayybe aswell
I think of these as words that I can find in a dictionary that also sound like what they are. "ba-dum-tch" and "tch" are just phonetics and not actual words.
Funny how onomatopoeia is defined as "sounds like what it describes", but even onomatopoeic words are very different in different languages even though the sounds that they describe are the same ones. -- Also thought prison gates would sound more like a clang :P
Actually, you know, even if the Big Bang happened, which it didn't, 'bang' cannot sound like it describes, because sound is airwaves, and there is no air in space. Therefore, the Big Bang wouldn't have made any sound.
yea clink sounds when someone tries to sneak away a quietly pushes the (metal) door closed. Close to click. When you give it a hard shove what is usually done, it is clang clank or even cloink (which makes a low sound) (dont think slam is a onomatopoeia)
I don't think clink is really representative of jail bars closing... I thought of "clang". I think of clink as the sound when people say "cheers"... then they clink their glasses together.
I thought it one of the easiest I've done in a long time. I can see it being hard for someone who doesn't have English as a first language, but otherwise, no.
I reckon patter should be accepted for pitter patter. The train whistle should be changed to the train horn so that people won't get confused with the conductor whistle as I did.
hehe... I see a Monty Python reference! Or maybe it was just a coincidence? If it isn't, good for you! (If you don't understand what I'm talking about, go and watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Possibly the best movie of all time!)
Had a young teacher when I was in high school (Social Studies?) who pronounced the word ON-oh-MOTT-uh-PWAY-uh and who thought the word "open" was an example of it, "like when you oooooopen a window". We all thought she was an idiot.
The mouthwash one took me forever. I was stuck on "swish," rather than the other thing done with mouthwash. Maybe change the clue wording to be "cleaning one's throat with mouthwash?" Or something of that nature?
Could you accept "swish" for mouthwash? I understand this isn't necessarily a common association but I would use "swish" for mouthwash and "gargle" for plain water or salt water (I had to do it for teeth-removal reasons and I hated it so it is permanently seared into my brain whenever I gargle water)
Aaaand also hoo hoo/who who/screech for owl. Only one North American owl species goes Hoo-Hoo, and it doesn't even make the T sound. Really an onomatopoeia?
I tried beep for an angry car horn, but it was the answer for the other car horn question. Not knowing what to try for the first one, I typed: beeeeeeep?
"Clang" is more arguable. Yes, it's the sound of metal hitting metal. But "jail bars closing" is very specific, and "clink" definitely has that specific connotation.
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down.
Ring around the rosie
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down
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