burble 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' whoosh 'move with a whooshing sound' whoosh 'move with a sibilant sound' gurgle 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' bang 'move noisily' woosh 'move with a sibilant sound' rattle 'shake and cause to make a rattling noise' clop 'make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground' ripple 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' babble 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' lap 'move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound' clump 'make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground' bombilate 'make a buzzing sound' guggle 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' chug 'make a dull, explosive sound' hiss 'move with a whooshing sound' whine 'move with a whining sound' whish 'move with a whishing sound' swosh 'move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound' swoosh 'move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound' bombinate 'make a buzzing sound' plunk 'make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground' click 'move or strike with a noise' thunder 'move fast, noisily, and heavily' ping 'make a short high-pitched sound' swish 'move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound' clank 'make a clank' bubble 'flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise' squelch 'make a sucking sound' crash 'move with, or as if with, a crashing noise' clunk 'make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground' snap 'move or strike with a noise' buzz 'make a buzzing sound' whistle 'move with, or as with, a whistling sound' plop 'drop with the sound of something falling into water'
wheeze 'FN: move making an irregular rattling or spluttering sound' gurgle 'FN: to move making a hollow bubbling sound.' purr 'FN: move making a low, continuous vibrating sound.' clack 'FN: to move making a short striking noise.' crash 'FN: to move with a smashing noise' whine 'FN: move so as to make a continuous high-pitched sound' clank 'FN: to move making an abrupt metallic noise.' creak 'FN: to move making a harsh, high-pitched noise' splash 'COD: strike or move around in water, causing it to fly about. ' screech 'FN: move making a loud, harsh, piercing sound.' whir 'FN: move with a buzzing sound or an extended soft swish' clang 'FN: to move making a loud resounding metallic noise.' rumble 'FN: move making a continuous, deep, resonant sound.' thump 'FN: move making a forceful, heavy sound.' roar 'FN: to move with great noise or commotion' putter 'FN: move making a rapid intermittent sound, as of a small engine.' splutter 'FN: move making short, explosive spitting or choking sounds.' thud 'FN: move making a dull, leaden sound.' chug 'FN: to move making a dull explosive sound as if by a laboring engine' crunch 'FN: to move making a grinding sound' squelch 'COD: move with such a sound.' fizz 'FN: to move making a hissing or crackling sound.' clink 'FN: to move making a slight metallic noise.' rustle 'FN: move making a muffled crackling sound, like that of the movement of dry leaves or paper.' thunder 'FN: move making a loud rumbling or crashing sound' crackle 'FN: to move making soft sharp repeating sounds.' bang 'FN: to move making a sharp noise or thump' buzz 'FN: to move making a low humming noise similar to that of a bee.' clump 'FN: to move making a dull heavy noise.' ping 'FN: move making an abrupt high-pitched ringing sound.' howl 'FN: move making a wailing, crying sound' swish 'COD: move with a hissing or rushing sound.' clatter 'FN: to move making a rattling noise.' click 'FN: to move making a slight sharp sound.' clunk 'COD: to move making a thumping noise.' hiss 'FN: to move making a sibilant sound as of the letter s' patter 'FN: run making a light tapping sound.' zing 'COD: move swiftly.'
The car crashed through the glass door The bullets were whining past us The bubbles swoshed around in the glass the bullet pinged when they struck the car babbling brooks the train clanked through the village The car whished past her The bus thundered down the road bees were buzzing around the hive his arm was snapped forward He whooshed the doors open The bullets whistled past him The window banged shut he clicked on the light The old man banged around the house The curtain swooshed open the engine chugged down the street
Examples from VerbNet
There ticked a grandfather clock in the hallway. The door hinges squeaked. The street sang with horns. I buzzed the bell. Horns beeped in the street. In the hallway ticked a grandfather clock.
Examples from SemCor
Colonel_Frederick_W._Lander, impersonated, will again make his break-neck ride down the steep declivity of Talbott 's( now College) Hill and thunder across the bridge to join Colonel_Benjamin_F._Kelley 's( West) Virginia_Infantry, then swarming through the streets in pursuit of the retreating Confederates. The animals thundered away into the moonlight, heading for the ridges. A second scene flashed before his mind, the interior of the garage at the new house and the young Bartlett girl turning startled to meet him, the dim dark and the sudden confusion and fear and then the brightness as Mae had clicked on the light. Yet if he were not there, they would have missed him, as they would have missed the sounds of bees buzzing against the screen_door in early June; or the smell of thick tomato_paste- the ripe smell that was both sweet and sour- rising_up from aluminum trays wrapped in fly dotted cheesecloth. He was torn between the excitement in the sun inflamed waters and a little engine chugging northward on the Monticello_Branch. Chairman_Khrushchev( Kennedy) rattles his rockets( sabre) in_order_to cure his internal ills and to strengthen his negotiating position. Twigs cracked loudly under her feet; bushes swished and scratched at her slacks; tree_branches snapped as she pushed them ruthlessly away from her. As he crossed to_the side of the stall, Curt drew his gun and clicked back the hammer. He slapped the buckskin again and it kicked wildly, its hoofs rattling the side of the stall. The secretary sighed with relief and_then the telephone clicked in Rector 's hand. Plunking themselves down on the front bench, they turned to smirk at those around them. His aim was hurried; so the pitchfork whistled over Curt 's head. Out of long experience I have found that incidental figures and other objects like trees, logs, and bushes can be traced from the original sketch and moved about in the major areas on the final sheet until they occupy the right position, which I call' clicking'. The Santa_Cruz mountains sprawl over three counties, and the roads twist through sky-tapping redwoods down whose furrowed columns ripple streams of rain, even when heat bakes the Santa_Clara valley below at the left. Thunder crashed; barrels tumbled down the mountainsides, and bounced and bounced till their own fury split them open. He had not covered yards before a gun crashed from somewhere behind. I decided I hated the Pedersen kid too, dying in our kitchen while I was away where I could watch, dying just to entertain Hans and making me go_up snapping steps and down a drafty hall, Pa lumped under the covers at the end like dung covered with snow, snoring and whistling. Jess painfully got to his feet as someone rattled the door. When it was followed by a second, whining even, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression. The explosion of the rifle had crashed against the walls of the stockade and the deep echoes were still rolling in the hills. As Curt had hoped, the house door banged open. He snapped to alertness at Andy 's entrance.