Onomatopoeia #1

Based on the hints, name these words (or short phrases) that sound like what they describe.

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First submitted	July 2, 2013
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Hint	Word
Bee's noise	Buzz
Sound of dynamite exploding	Boom
Cymbals' sound	Crash
Duck's noise	Quack
The sound of a gunshot, or maybe the beginning of the universe	Bang
Applause	Clap
Eating granola	Crunch
Tiny footsteps	Pitter patter
A balloon being pricked with a needle	Pop
A leaky faucet	Drip
Owl's sound	Hoot
An angry car horn	Honk

Hint	Word
A not-so angry car horn	Beep
A carbonated beverage bubbling	Fizz
Horses walking or coconuts being struck together	Clip-clop
Sound of a magician disappearing	Poof
A motorcycle revving	Vroom
Bless you?	Achoo
Sound of a doorbell, or the death knell of a witch	Ding dong
To use mouthwash	Gargle
A steak cooking	Sizzle
Basketball shoes sliding on a gym floor	Squeak
Jail bars closing	Clink

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Level 58

Aug 9, 2013

A lot of these hints/answers are debatable, but this quiz isn't half bad.

Level 44

Aug 9, 2013

Just clop for clip-clop and clang for jail door slamming could work, don't you think?

Level 45

Aug 9, 2013

"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.

Level ∞

Aug 9, 2013

Added "Clop" as an acceptable answer.

Level 39

Aug 9, 2013

I also tried "clang"

Level 36

Mar 17, 2018

Yes but then the Monty Python reference wold become redundant

Level 87

Jul 12, 2019

Likewise, just the patter of tiny feet.

Level 87

Oct 15, 2019

Clink of the key, clang of the heavy metal door.

Level 38

Aug 9, 2013

Could "munch" also be accepted for the granola one?

Level 62

Aug 13, 2013

screech; Basketball shoes sliding on a gym floor

Level 62

Aug 13, 2013

The sound a mouse makes...

Level 21

Aug 15, 2013

The hint for the last one isn't very good. I'd say something about glass or something.

Level 69

Sep 9, 2013

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.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2019

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

Level 86

Oct 6, 2021

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.

Level 24

Oct 7, 2013

100 PERCENT..... GOT HIM!

Level 79

Jun 9, 2014

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

Level 45

Jul 18, 2014

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.

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Level 72

Oct 6, 2021

It's 8 years old, almost, but this comment should be remembered as... not the greatest, for several reasons.

Level 67

Nov 3, 2021

The six commas in one sentence was honestly impressive.

Level 54

Nov 6, 2021

For someone calling oneself "smartcookie", you don't seem to fit the bill.

Level 38

Jul 29, 2014

does a jail door clink? I tried slam, clang, and clank. It seems too heavy to clink.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2019

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)

Level 56

Nov 3, 2021

'Clink' is wrong. It refers to the sound keys make on a warder's ring, not the door which 'clangs'.

Level 38

Jul 29, 2014

I'd say clink is more like glasses in a toast.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2019

yes or cling

Level 35

Dec 11, 2014

Could you add pop-pop for the carbonated beverage?

Level 76

Jan 26, 2016

Your comment instantly made me think of Alka-Seltzer - "Pop, pop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is..."

Level 76

Jul 12, 2019

I believe it's "plop, plop. . . fizz, fizz".

Level 22

Dec 17, 2014

Sizzling should be accepted for sizzle

Level 69

Feb 16, 2015

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.

Level 66

Jan 26, 2016

Clang seems to work now.

Level 63

Jan 26, 2016

Quite hard for a non-native speaker. But I still had a lot of fun doing this quiz :D

Level 77

Aug 26, 2021

hah, yes that'd be a challenge.

Level 72

Jan 26, 2016

You have to listen to the Brian Regan comedy bit on animal sounds...had to laugh here when I saw that owls say "hooT".

Level 80

Jan 26, 2016

Another name for jail is "the slammer." Please except slam.

Level 77

Jan 26, 2016

Truly one of the worst quizzes I've seen, arbitrary and inconsistent.

Level 86

Oct 6, 2021

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.

Level 67

Jan 26, 2016

If enough people say it should be toot toot, will you accept it?

Level 74

Nov 10, 2021

Seconded. That was my first try and beep took me quite a while longer.

Level 28

Jan 26, 2016

Tried hachoo, huchoo, hatchoo, hutchoo, hachew, huchew, hatchew, hutchew, hashoo.....never imagined it without an "h" at the front.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2019

that was the only part I was sure about. I knew english didnt start the word with an h

Level 41

Jan 29, 2016

squeak?? Really? Maybe I misunderstood what a squeak is?

Level 69

Jan 30, 2016

Love the Monty Python reference!

Level 46

Apr 14, 2016

You should be allowed 'clash' for the cymbal's

Level ∞

Oct 6, 2021

Five years later, that will work now!

Level 68

Nov 24, 2016

Almost failed to finish - laughing too hard at Death Knell of a Witch. Applause!

Level 40

Jan 26, 2017

Why is "Choo Choo" the least guessed answer? It's so obvious.

Level 71

Oct 13, 2017

Because it is not the sound of a whistle, choo-choo is the sound of a steam enging chugging up the line. That's why it is the least answered.

Level 66

Jul 19, 2019

or they think of the actual whistle a conductor blows on to signal the train is about to leave.

Level 33

Oct 12, 2017

Better one for jail bars is two glasses making a toast

Level 52

Oct 12, 2017

"Clink" makes me think of handcuffs, "clang" makes me think of a jail cell.

Level 54

Oct 24, 2017

I first thought of slam for jail bars... maybe that's because of the colloquial term the "slammer" for prison?

Level 36

Mar 17, 2018

maybe tip toe for tiny feet, it's a long shot but why not.

Level 71

Mar 17, 2018

You've no chance, some of us have been trying for 5 years to get Choo-Choo changed for train and not whistle.

Level 46

Mar 17, 2018

Just remove the sneezing question since there is 43 different spellings of the sound

Level 44

Mar 17, 2018

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.

Level 87

Oct 6, 2021

Or pitter pat, which I tried several times before giving up.

Level 52

Apr 6, 2018

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!)

Level 83

Mar 13, 2020

Merriam-Webster: "Kerchoo: the characteristic sound of a person sneezing"

Level 78

Oct 6, 2021

I was expecting "a-tissue," but maybe that's a British English thing.

Level 73

Nov 3, 2021

Ring-a-ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down.

Level 66

Nov 4, 2021

Is this really how it's written somewhere? I know it as:

Ring around the rosie

A pocket full of posies

Ashes, ashes

We all fall down

Level 67

Oct 17, 2021

I tried ahchoo, eventually got achoo.

Level 57

Apr 13, 2021

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

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Level 90

Oct 6, 2021

I think swish for mouthwash is a reasonable answer

Level 66

Nov 4, 2021

Agreed. It's swish when it's in your mouth, gargle when it's in your throat.

Level 83

Oct 6, 2021

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.

Level 62

Oct 6, 2021

UK sneezers go atishoo

Level 78

Oct 6, 2021

attishoo please

Level 70

Oct 7, 2021

Can you accept puff for poof, I tried that and pouf but not the double 'oo'.

Level 93

Oct 7, 2021

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?

Level 76

Oct 7, 2021

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)

Level 28

Oct 8, 2021

Great quiz!

20/23

Level 76

Oct 8, 2021

Well, dang! I always rev with a W. Wroom, wroom!

Level 77

Oct 10, 2021

Horrible quiz! With many highly subjective answers.

Level 67

Oct 17, 2021

I thought it was a great quiz, and got 100% We must be on the same wavelength. I did think clang over clink though.

Level 67

Nov 3, 2021

Please accept pit-a-pat for footsteps.

Level 73

Nov 3, 2021

Anyone else for brum?

Level 67

Nov 3, 2021

Peep should be accepted for the car horn and maybe slosh for the mouthwash. Otherwise, this quiz did make some previously unknown connections for me.

Level 64

Nov 3, 2021

Great quiz. Thanks,,,,,,,but referee, surely-Shirley "Atishoo" should be allowed!???

Level 77

Nov 3, 2021

Only missed poof!

Level 43

Nov 3, 2021

Consider adding “Bamf” as a possible answer for the magician one as a reference to the X-Man Nightcrawler?

Level 64

Nov 3, 2021

Adding one vote for accepting "swish" for mouthwash. I've never gurgled mouthwash in my entire life, but I swish it twice a day.

Level 61

Nov 3, 2021

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?

Level 62

Nov 3, 2021

Swish should work for mouthwash. It's an onomatopoeia and that's what my dentist tells me to do.

Level 63

Nov 3, 2021

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?

Level 65

Nov 3, 2021

Me too.

Level 82

Nov 3, 2021

Five years later, and celebeth's suggestion of 'toot' for the car horn is still not accepted.

Level 68

Nov 4, 2021

Achoo? Hahahaha that was funny.

Level 49

Nov 4, 2021

I think wroom should be accepted for vroom.

Level 25

Nov 5, 2021

Clink should also say "cheers", and pitter patter could say "light rainfall"

Level 74

Nov 5, 2021

Can you accept swish for mouthwash?

Level 55

Nov 5, 2021

Came here to comment this +1

Level 59

Nov 6, 2021

Literally what I was thinking

Level 59

Nov 6, 2021

just missed clip clop, fun quiz

Level 76

Jan 5, 2022

Man i could NOT figure out why "squeek" wouldn't work. To the point that i was getting legit angry that it wasn't the answer. Oops...

Level 81

Mar 23, 2022

Apparently Zlake has never been in jail. The door closing is more like "clank"--and a loud clank, at that.

Level 56

Mar 30, 2022

I have never heard of pitter patter. Is it an American thing?

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