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| • | Below is a list of appropriate verbs corresponding to the sounds made by various animals.
Look up Animal sounds|Animal sounds in , the free dictionary.
Apes gibber
Asses bray
Bears growl
Bees hum and buzz
Beetles drone
Birds chirrup and tweet
Bitterns boom
Blackbirds whistle
Bulls bellow
Calves bleat
Cats mew, purr, meow and caterwaul
Cattle low
Chaffinches pink
Chicks cheep
Cocks crow
Crows caw
Cuckoos cuckoo
Deer bell
Dogs bark, bay, howl, whine, and yap
Dolphins click
Doves coo
Ducks quack
Eagles scream
Elephants trumpet
Falcons chant
Flies buzz
Foxes bark and yelp
Frogs croak
Geese cackle and hiss
Grasshoppers chirp
Guinea pigs squeak
Hares squeak
Hawks scream
Hens cluck
Horses neigh or whinney
Humans brouhaha and prattle
Hyenas laugh
Jays chatter
Kittens mewl
Lambs bleat
Linnets chuckle
Lions roar
Magpies chatter
Mice squeak and squeal
Monkeys gibber
Nightingales pipe and warble
Owls screech, shriek, and hoot
Oxen low
Parrots talk
Peacocks scream
Pigs grunt and squeal
Pigeons coo
Ravens croak
Rooks caw
Sheep bleat
Snakes hiss
Sparrows chirp
Stags bellow and call
Swallows twitter
Swans cry (also sing just before dying)
Tigers growl
Thrushes whistle
Turkeys gobble
Unicorns swear
Vultures scream
Wolves howl
In addition there are several onomatopoeic verbal phrases which relate to specific animals (strictly it is incorrect to use the onomatopoiec terms as verbs. e.g. "Dogs woofing" is linguistically incorrect):
Cats go "Miaou"
Cocks go "Cock-a-doodle-doo"
Cows go "Moo"
Dogs go "Bow-wow" and "Woof"
Donkeys go "Hee-haw"
Frogs go "Ribbit"
Guinea fowl say "Come back"
Nightingales go "Jug-jug"
Owls go "Too-wit-too-woo"
Pigs go "Oink" and "Hunc"
Sheep go "Baa"
Yellowhammers say "A-little-bit-of-bread-and-no-cheese"OnomatopoeiaAnimals|SoundLists
Source: [wikipedia: list of animal sounds]
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