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 To is to make a single small, sharp ringing sound, as when a metallic bar is struck with a hard substance.

To is to make a small, short ringing sound, as when small pieces of coin are struck together.

To is to emit a sharp, tremulous sound, as that of a bowstring.

To is to make a small, sharp sound, like that of a clock pendulum.

To is to give forth a succession of small momentary sounds like those of the beating of a watch.

To is to make a sudden and sharp noise, as by the striking together of two hard bodies.

A Clack is a rattling noise like that of machinery.

A is a confused sound, as that of human voices in a crowd, or of the waters of a shallow brook passing with some velocity over a stony bed. Fig., a complaint.

A is a sudden and momentary sound of any degree of loudness, from the bursting of a cracker to the firing of a cannon.

is a loud and heavy sound produced by the passage of a body of the electric fluid through the air.

A is a single momentary outburst of loud sound, as of thunder, cannon, or bells.

Pealing, uttering a succession of peals or loud sounds.

A is a very loud, prolonged sound, as that of a cataract.

A is a hollow roar, as that of waves, or of the reverberations of artillery.

A is a loud and mingled sound of many things falling and breaking at once.

A is a sudden and startling explosion of loud sound; as a clap of thunder.

To is to make a heavy, continued sound, as that of distant thunder. A heavy carriage rumbles on the pavement.

A Rattling consists in a succession of small, sharp sounds, caused by rapidly repeated collisions of bodies that are not very sonorous, as when hailstones fall on a roof.

A is a loose, confused, and irregular rattling. The feet of a galloping horse clatter over the stones.

A is a loud and continued clatter.

An is a confusion of loud sounds.

A is a loud and continued noise, or mingling of noises, by which the ear is wearied; as, the din of a large workshop.

To is to give forth, a succession of small, soft sounds, as when rain-drops fall on a roof. The feet of little children patter on a pavement.

To is to emit a sound like that produced by water flowing from a narrow-necked bottle.

A Rustling consists in a succes- sion of small obscure sounds caused by the rubbing of light elastic sub- stances, as silk, dry leaves, etc. To Toot is to give forth short blasts from a horn. A Ding-dong is the sound of a heavy bell. Let us all ring Fancy's knell ! Ding dong bell. — Sliaks. Fig., a tiresome repetition by child- ren of demands and complaints. A Chime is a combination of ring- ing sounds that harmonize. b. Sounds of the Human Voice. Voice in man or animals is sound generated by vibrations of the larynx, an apparatus consisting of cartilage and membrane, and situated at the up- per extremity of the windpipe. From — Vox, the voice. (L.) Hence, Vocal, pertaining to the voice ; as, the vocal organs.