Vocabulary - List of Human Sounds

Vocabulary related to sounds of humans

burp

Also belch. To expel gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

The baby burped after being fed.

cough

To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

He started to cough once he had a cold .

hum

To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with
one's lips closed.

They were humming happily along with the music.

hiccup

The involuntary sound resulting from a spasm of the diaphragm

He got the hiccups as soon as he started eating.

groan

A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief or uttered in frustration or disapproval

She groaned when her mother asked her to do the shopping.

giggle

To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

laugh
To express mirth, satisfaction, or decision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of
the mouth, usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds
from the chest and throat.

They were told a joke and were laughing.

pant

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.

When he arrived, he was panting because he ran all the way to school.

puff

A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

scream

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear,

excitement...

She screamed when she saw the mouse in the kitchen.

sniff

To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.

The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.

sneeze

To expel air as a reflex induced by an irritation in the nose.

When you sneeze people say: "God bless you!"

snore

To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft
palate.

He sometimes snores and when he snores you can' stand the sound.

sigh

A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued,

frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

She sighed when she finally found her keys.

slurp

A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking

yawn

To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is
tired and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring

whisper

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords.

They were whispering when the professor started his lecture.

This is a list of vocabulary related to sounds of animals

Animals Sounds

Apes gibber

Bats screech

Bears growl

Bees hum and buzz

Birds chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle

Calves bleat

Camels grunt

Cats mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl

Cattle moo, low, bawl (calf), bellow (bull)

Chicks cheep

Chickens cluck, cackle

Cocks crow

Cows low, moo

Crickets chirp, creak

Crows caw

Deers bell
Dogs bark

Dolphins click

Donkeys bray

Doves coo

Ducks quack

Eagles scream

Elephants trumpet, roar

Flies buzz, hum

Foxes bark, yelp, simper

Frogs croak

Giraffes bleat

Goats bleat

Geese cackle, quack

Grasshoppers chirp

Hamsters squeak

Hares squeak

Hens cackle, cluck

Humans whisper, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk

Hogs grunt

Horses neigh, snort, whinny, nicker

Hummingbirds hum

Hyenas laugh, scream

Jackals howl

Kangaroos chortle

Koalas scream, bellow, wail

Lambs bleat

Larks sing, warble

Lions roar, growl

Mice squeak and squeal

Monkeys chatter, gibber, whoop, screech

Mosquitoes whine

Nightingales pipe, sing, warble

Ostriches chirp, bark, hiss, low hum

Owls hoot, scream, screech, shriek

Oxen bellow, low

Parrots talk, screech, squawk

Peacocks scream

Pigs snort, grunt, squeal, oink

Pigeons coo

Rabbits squeak, drum

Rats squeak

Ravens croak

Rhinoceros bellow

Rooster crow

Seagulls scream, squawk

Seals bark

Sheep bleat

Snakes hiss

Tigers growl, roar

Turkeys gobble

Vultures scream

Whales sing

Wolves howl, cry, yell

Zebras whinny