Vocabulary: Animalistic Cries (Onomatopoeia)

What to do if someone is bugging you?

Growl.

What to do if you disapprove?

Hiss.

bees buzz, dogs bark, cats meow, horses neigh, wolfs howl, hyena laugh.

And what do human animals do? We brouhaha, hubbub, babble, and whine!

and Martians ululate! (from H G Well's War of the Worlds)

• horses neigh
• donkeys bray
• bulls snort
• hogs grunt

• lions roar
• cats meow and purr
• goats bleat
• sheep baa

• wolves howl
• dogs growl and bark
• puppies yelp

• snakes hiss
• rattle snakes rattle

• birds chirp and tweet
• pidgeons coo
• ducks quack
• owls hoot
• chickadees chickadee
• cuckoos cuckoo
• hens cackle and cluck
• crows caw
• roosters crow

• bees drone
• flies buzz

• whales hum
• dolphins click
• frogs ribbit and croak

• elephants trumpet
• hyenas laugh
• parrots talk

• monkeys chatter and gibber