Animal Sounds are a form of onomatopoeia, which are words that imitate sounds. Here is the list of interesting verbs for animal sounds in English.
Verbs for Animal Sounds
Animals | Sounds |
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Apes | Gibber |
Bats | Screech |
Bears | Growl |
Bees | Hum and buzz |
Birds | Chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle |
Calves | Bleat |
Camels | Grunt |
Cats | Mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl |
Cattle | Moo, low, bawl (calf), bellow (bull) |
Chicks | Cheep |
Chickens | Cluck, cackle |
Cocks | Crow |
Cows | Low, moo |
Crickets | Chirp, creak |
Crows | Caw |
Deers | Bell |
Dogs | Bark |
Dolphins | Click |
Donkeys | Bray |
Doves | Coo |
Ducks | Quack |
Eagles | Scream |
Elephants | Trumpet, roar |
Flies | Buzz, hum |
Foxes | Bark, yelp, simper |
Frogs | Croak |
Giraffes | Bleat |
Goats | Bleat |
Geese | Cackle, quack |
Grasshoppers | Chirp |
Hamsters | Squeak |
Hares | Squeak |
Hens | Cackle, cluck |
Humans | Whisper, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk |
Hogs | Grunt |
Horses | Neigh, snort, whinny, nicker |
Hummingbirds | Hum |
Hyenas | Laugh, scream |
Jackals | Howl |
Kangaroos | Chortle |
Koalas | Scream, bellow, wail |
Lambs | Bleat |
Larks | Sing, warble |
Lions | Roar, growl |
Mice | Squeak and squeal |
Monkeys | Chatter, gibber, whoop, screech |
Mosquitoes | Whine |
Nightingales | Pipe, sing, warble |
Ostriches | Chirp, bark, hiss, low hum |
Owls | Hoot, scream, screech, shriek |
Oxen | Bellow, low |
Parrots | Talk, screech, squawk |
Peacocks | Scream |
Pigs | Snort, grunt, squeal, oink |
Pigeons | Coo |
Rabbits | Squeak, drum |
Rats | Squeak |
Ravens | Croak |
Rhinoceros | Bellow |
Rooster | Crow |
Seagulls | Scream, squawk |
Seals | Bark |
Sheep | Bleat |
Snakes | Hiss |
Tigers | Growl, roar |
Turkeys | Gobble |
Vultures | Scream |
Whales | Sing |
Wolves | Howl, cry, yell |
Zebras | Whinny |