A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated.

synonym: clap.

Roget 584: loquacity, loquaciousness; talkativeness etc. adj.; garrulity; multiloquence^†, much speaking.    jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, twattle, rattle; caquet^†, caquetterie [Fr.]; blabber, bavardage^†, bibble-babble^†, gibble-gabble^†; small talk etc. (converse) 588.    fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue; flow of words; flux de bouche [Fr.], flux de mots [Fr.]; copia verborum [Lat.], cacoethes loquendi [Lat.]; furor loquendi [Lat.]; verbosity etc. (diffuseness) 573; gift of the gab etc. (eloquence) 582.    talker; chatterer, chatterbox; babbler etc. v.; rattle; ranter; sermonizer, proser^†, driveler; blatherskite [U.S.]; gossip etc. (converse) 588; magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel; moulin a paroles [Fr.].    ... show more

A simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction.

synonyms: clack valve, clapper valve.

Make a rattling sound.

synonyms: brattle, clatter.

Roget 407: roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate^†.    hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat.    drum in the ear, din in the ear.    ... show more

Dutch: rammelen

Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.

synonyms: click, cluck.

Roget 406: rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle^†; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump.    blow up, blow; detonate.    ... show more

Roget 412: cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow^†; growl, snarl.    [specific animal sounds] bark [dog, seal]; bow-wow, yelp [dog]; bay, bay at the moon [dog, wolf]; yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr^†, yawl, snarl, howl [dog, wolf]; grunt, gruntle^†; snort [pig, hog, swine, horse]; squeak, [swine, mouse]; neigh, whinny [horse]; bray [donkey, mule, hinny, ass]; mew, mewl [kitten]; meow [cat]; purr [cat]; caterwaul, pule [cats]; baa^†, bleat [lamb]; low, moo [cow, cattle]; troat^†, croak, peep [frog]; coo [dove, pigeon]; gobble [turkeys]; quack [duck]; honk, gaggle, guggle [goose]; crow, caw, squawk, screech, [crow]; cackle, cluck, clack [hen, rooster, poultry]; chuck, chuckle; hoot, hoo [owl]; chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle [small birds]; hum [insects, hummingbird]; buzz [flying insects, bugs]; hiss [snakes, geese]; blatter^†; ratatat [woodpecker].    ... show more

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle ... show more.

Roget 584: be loquacious etc. adj.; talk glibly, pour forth, patter; prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw; blather, blatter^†, blether^†; rattle, rattle on; twaddle, twattle; babble, gabble; outtalk; talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse; expatiate etc. (speak at length) 573; gossip etc. (converse) 588; din in the ears etc. (repeat) 104; talk at random, talk nonsense etc. 497; be hoarse with talking.    ... show more

Dutch: ratelen, fantaseren