{"id":1123,"date":"2012-05-21T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1123"},"modified":"2014-08-05T16:50:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:50:28","slug":"noisy-animal-verbs-more-onomatopoeia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/noisy-animal-verbs-more-onomatopoeia\/","title":{"rendered":"Noisy Animal Verbs (more onomatopoeia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I introduced the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1120\">onomatopoeia<\/a> yesterday with a number of &#8220;noisy verbs&#8221; found in English. Remember onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.\u00a0 Today I am going to focus on the verbs used to describe the sounds that animals make.\u00a0 Keep in mind these are all verbs and so they need to be conjugated to be used correctly.\u00a0 Tomorrow I will give you the onomatopoeia versions of the sounds that animals make, some of which can also be used as verbs, while others are just the written versions of animal sounds.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to buzz<\/strong><\/em>: to make a low droning or vibrating sound usually associated with insects<br \/>\nBees <em><strong>buzz<\/strong><\/em> as they fly about collecting pollen.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to howl<\/strong><\/em>: to emit a long, mournful sound usually associated with wolfs or dogs<br \/>\nThe wolf <strong><em>howled<\/em><\/strong> to the full moon all night long.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to screech<\/strong><\/em>: a loud piercing sound like a cry usually associated with birds<br \/>\nThe crow <strong><em>screeched<\/em><\/strong> in the distance when it saw the people approaching.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to chirp<\/strong><\/em>: a short, high-pitched sound, made by a small bird or an insect<br \/>\nThe little birds <strong><em>chirped<\/em><\/strong> happily from the branch of a tree.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>to neigh<\/strong><\/em>: the long, low-pitched sound made by a horse<br \/>\nThe horse <strong><em>neighed<\/em><\/strong> as it came to a stop.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>to squeak<\/em><\/strong>: a short high-pitch cry or noise usually associated with a mouse<br \/>\nThe little mouse <strong><em>squeaked<\/em><\/strong> as it ran around the house.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>t<\/strong><strong>o moo<\/strong><\/em>: a deep, bellowing sound made by a cow<br \/>\nThe cows <strong><em>mooed<\/em><\/strong> in the field while they ate grass.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>to hiss<\/em><\/strong>: a sound like that of the letter s, often made by snakes<br \/>\nThe snake <strong><em>hissed<\/em><\/strong> at the hiker when it got to close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"312\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/05\/moo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>I introduced the topic of onomatopoeia yesterday with a number of &#8220;noisy verbs&#8221; found in English. Remember onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.\u00a0 Today I am going to focus on the verbs used to describe the sounds that animals make.\u00a0 Keep in mind these&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/noisy-animal-verbs-more-onomatopoeia\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":1127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135370],"tags":[191212,191211,191210,2805],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-vocabulary","tag-animal-sound-verbs","tag-animal-sounds","tag-noisy-verbs","tag-onomatopoeia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4103,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/4103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}