List of 76 Verbs of Animal Sounds
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Want to find examples of words that describe wildlife-related noises? Check out this list of verbs of animal sounds. Whatever you need, you should be able to find it here.
| Animals | Sounds |
| apes | gibber |
| bats | screech |
| bears | growl |
| bees | hum, buzz |
| beetles | drone |
| birds |
chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle
|
| bulls | bellow |
| calves | bleat, howl |
| camels | grunt |
| cats |
mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl
|
| cattle |
moo, low, bawl (calf), bellow (bull)
|
| chickens | cluck, cackle |
| chicks | cheep |
| cocks | crow |
| crickets | chirp, creak |
| crows | caw |
| deer | bell |
| dogs |
bark, yelp, whine, growl
|
| dolphins | click |
| donkeys | bray, hee-haw |
| doves | coo |
| ducks | quack, honk |
| eagles | scream |
| elephants | trumpet, roar |
| flies | buzz, hum |
| foxes |
bark, yelp, simper
|
| frogs | ribbit, croak |
| geese |
cackle, gabble, quack
|
| giraffes | bleat |
| goats | bleat |
| grasshoppers | chirp |
| hamsters | squeak |
| hawks | scream |
| hens | cackle, cluck |
| hogs | grunt |
| horses |
neigh, snort, whinny, nicker
|
| hounds | bay |
| humans |
whisper, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk
|
| hummingbirds | hum |
| hyenas | laugh, scream |
| jackals | howl |
| kangaroos | chortle |
| kittens | mew |
| koalas |
scream, bellow, wail
|
| lambs | bleat |
| larks | sing, warble |
| lions | roar, growl |
| magpies | chatter |
| mice | squeak, squeal |
| monkeys |
chatter, gibber, whoop, screech
|
| mosquitoes | whine, buzz |
| nightingales |
pipe, sing, warble
|
| ostriches |
chirp, bark, hiss, low hum
|
| owls |
hoot, scream, screech, shriek
|
| oxen | low, bellow |
| parrots |
talk, screech, squawk
|
| peacocks | scream |
| pigeons | coo |
| pigs |
snort, grunt, squeal, oink
|
| rabbits | squeak, drum |
| rats | squeak |
| ravens | croak |
| rhinoceroses | bellow |
| rooks | caw |
| roosters |
cock-a-doodle-do, crow
|
| seagulls | scream, squawk |
| seals | bark |
| sheep | baa, bleat |
| snakes | hiss |
| tigers | growl, roar |
| turkeys | gobble |
| vultures | scream |
| whales | sing |
| puppies | yelp |
| wolves | howl, cry, yell |
| zebras | whinny |
