Sounds of things hitting or rubbing together
beat
noun
a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting together
bump
noun
the sound of something hitting against something solid
chink
noun
the sound that is made when two glass or metal objects hit each other
clack
noun
the short loud sound of one hard object hitting against another
clangour
noun
the noise made when metal is hit
clash
noun
a loud sound made when two metal objects hit each other
clatter
verb
if a hard object clatters, or if you clatter it, it makes several loud short noises as it hits against another hard object or surface
clatter
noun
a series of loud short noises made when a hard object hits against another hard object or surface
clink
noun
a short high sound that glass or metal objects make when they hit each other
clip-clop
noun
the sound that a horse’s hooves make when the horse is walking
clop
noun
the sound that a horse’s hooves (=feet) make when they hit the ground
clump
noun
the sound of heavy steps
clunk
noun
a low sound made when one hard heavy object hits another
crash
noun
a loud noise like the sound of two hard things hitting each other and breaking
drum
noun
the sound of something continuously hitting a surface
drumming
noun
the sound of something continuously hitting a surface
echo
noun
a noise that is repeated because the sound hits a surface and returns
flop
noun
the movement or sound of something that is not hard or made of metal falling against something else
hammering
noun
the sound of someone hitting something very hard several times
jangle
noun
a noise made when metal objects hit each other
pounding
noun
the sound of repeated hard hits or loud noise
rap
noun
a quick hard hit, or the sound of this
rasp
noun
an unpleasant sound like the one made by two rough surfaces rubbing together
rat-a-tat
noun
a series of short sharp sounds made by someone knocking on a door
rattle
noun
the sound that something makes when it rattles
ricochet
noun
the sound or action of a moving object ricocheting off a surface
scrape
noun
the sound caused by something rubbing against a hard surface
scratch
noun
a sound made by moving something sharp or rough against a hard surface
scrunch
noun
a sound like something hard being crushed
slam
noun
an instance of something slamming down or slamming shut, or the noise made by this
slap
noun
the sound of a slap or something similar hitting a surface
smack
noun
a loud sound made when something hits a surface
splash
noun
the sound of liquid hitting something, or the sound of something falling into a liquid
splat
noun
the sound made by a wet object hitting something hard
splosh
noun
the noise that a liquid makes when it moves around
thud
noun
a low sound made by something heavy falling or hitting something
thump
noun
a low loud sound that is made when something heavy hits something else
thwack
noun
a short loud sound like something flat hitting a surface hard
whack
noun
the act of hitting someone or something with a lot of force, or the sound that it makes
