noises (verb)

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• rationalise away — verb substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear there is no poltergeist in the house! • Syn: ↑rationalize away • Hypernyms: ↑reason • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• rationalize away — verb substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear there is no poltergeist in the house! • Syn: ↑rationalise away • Hypernyms: ↑reason • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …   Useful english dictionary

• susurrate — verb issue soft noises • Derivationally related forms: ↑susurrant, ↑susurrus, ↑susurration • Hypernyms: ↑murmur • Verb Frames: Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• vocalize — verb /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/ a) To express with the voice, to utter. Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has… …   Wiktionary

• drown out — verb To cover, obscure, or hide by being louder than. He uses the music to drown out other noises around him …   Wiktionary

• ululate — verb /ˈjuːljuleɪt,ˈʊljəleɪt/ a) to howl loudly or prolongedly in lamentation or joy Should I ever marry, Watson, I should hope to inspire my wife with some feeling which would prevent her from being walked off by a housekeeper when my corpse was… …   Wiktionary

• crackle — verb make a rapid succession of slight cracking noises. noun 1》 a sound of this type. 2》 a pattern of minute surface cracks. Derivatives crackly adjective (cracklier, crackliest). Origin ME: from crack + le4 …   English new terms dictionary

• erupt — verb (I) 1 if a volcano erupts, it explodes and sends smoke, fire, and rock into the sky 2 if fighting, violence, loud noises etc erupt, they start suddenly: Gang violence can erupt for no apparent reason. 3 erupt into laughter/shouting etc to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• splutter — verb (I) 1 to talk quickly in short confused phrases, especially because you are angry or surprised: “But ...But ...I can t believe...how could you?” she spluttered. (+ with): Katie was spluttering with rage. 2 to make short sharp noises, like… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pacify — verb go out there and try to pacify the passengers Syn: placate, appease, calm (down), conciliate, propitiate, assuage, mollify, soothe Ant: enrage •• pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate You might try to pacify a crying baby …   Thesaurus of popular words

• snog — Verb. To kiss lengthily, passionately or lustfully. E.g. There was a young couple snogging in the seats behind us, and making such slurping noises that we couldn t hear the film. Noun. A lengthy and passionate kiss …   English slang and colloquialisms