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ALARMA Loud Appliance Ringing Madly Edwin Hermann
People & Relationships:Law & Order
Science:Electronics
BAABleating, Audible Announcement Dustan Dowsing
Science:Biology:Animals
BAA (2)Bleat Among Animals Jan Morgan
Science:Biology:Animals
BANGBack Away, Noise Generator. Tony McCoy O'Grady, after I offered him some ENCOURAGEMENT for collecting more sounds.
BANG (2)Bloody Awful Noise Generated Tony McCoy O'Grady
BELLOWBull Emits Loudness, Look Out Walkers Tony McCoy O'Grady
CATERWAULConsternation And Torture/Torment Ensues Regularly When Awful Ululations Linger Tony McCoy O'Grady
CLUCKChicken-Like Utterence Causes Kerfuffle TMcCO'G - The sight or sound or anyone imitating a chicken always seems to cause others to laugh.
Laughter
CRASHCrack Reverberating Around Somewhere Hollow Tony McCoy O'Grady
ECHOEveryone Calls "Hello" Occasionally Patricia Rix
Communication:Talking
ECHO (2)Everyone Can Hear One Tony McCoy O'Grady
FRINGFilament's Rattled - It's Not Glowing Tony McCoy O'Grady (Fring is defined in 'The Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd as being, 'The noise made by light bulb which has just shone its last.')
Words & Wordplay:Liffs
GURGLEGullet Utters Rolling Groan-Like Effect Tony McCoy O'Daddy
HISSHumming In Snake Songs Rico Leffanta
HUMHaving Unusual Moans Jan Morgan
HUSHHow Unbroken Silence Happens Tony McQuiet O'Grady
HUSH (2)How Utterer Silences Hordes TMcCO'G
JINGLEJangling Intrusive Notes Generate Lavish Expenditure Tony McCoy O'Grady
Commerce
KERPOWKick Endangering Rude Parts Of Wrongdoer Angela Brett
MacGirl & KeyBoard
LOUDLoony Or Uncouth Din Patricia Rix
Assorted Adjectives
LOUD (2)Lots Of Unbearable Decibels Tony McCoy O'Grady
Assorted Adjectives
MEOWMild Expression Of Words Acronymous Anonymous
ONOMATOPOEIAOriginal Noise Obviously Mandates Alphabetical Text Ordered Phonetically; Openly Encapsulating Intended Allusion Gavin Lambert
Science:Linguistics
PLONK (2)Perfectly Literal Onomatopoeia, Near Kerplunk Angela Brett
PLURALPainfully Loud Ululating, Repeated A Lot! Tony McCoy O'Grady, explaining that the 'Aaaaaarrrrggghh' in his ANTHRAX (2) is the plural of 'Aarrghh', an official Scrabble word.
Words & Wordplay
SIRENStartlingly Immediate Rousing Emergency Noise Eric Bridgstock
People & Relationships:Disaster
SIREN (2)Sound Indicating Rapid Evacuation Necessary Eric Bridgstock
People & Relationships:Disaster
SONICSome Otic Nuisance Is Created Tony McCoy O'Grady
SSH (2)Silent! Someone'll Hear! Angela Brett
SWISHSibilant Whooshing Is Sound Heard. Angela Brett
SWISH (2)Silk Which Is Softly Handled Tony McCoy O'Grady
VROOMV8's Roar - Obvious Onomatopoeic Meaning. Angela Brett
Transport
VROOM (2)Vehicle Revs Overly On Motorway Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
WAWeird Anthropomorphoid Jeff Anonymous (in reference to the noise made by ASH of Pokemon, and the fact he is anything but human)
WAAAAH!Wail Annoyingly And Acquire A Hug Angela Brett
WAAAH!Wouldn't Allow Angela Any Honours Angela Brett, after Tony took a lot of the honours for first and last acronyms under each letter.
WHINEWail How It's Never Enough Angela Brat
Assorted Verbs
WHINE (2)Wail How I Need Everything Angela Brat
Assorted Verbs
WHINE (3)Want Heaps I'll Never Enjoy Angela Brat (Never Enjoy doesn't necessarily mean Never Get!)
Assorted Verbs
WHINE (4)Why Have _I_ No Esteem? TMcCO'G
Assorted Verbs
WHINE (5)When Happiness Is Not Experienced TMcCO'G
Assorted Verbs
WHINE (6)Whimpering Habitually; It Never Ends! Roger Williams
Assorted Verbs
WHINNYWhen Horse Imitates Nymphomaniac Nun Yodelling Rico Leffanta
WHOOPWelcome Hearty Outburst Of Pleasure Tony McCoy O'Grady
Laughter