animal-sounds

Barks and moos

Animal-sounds are the vocalizations and noises made by animals—barks, meows, moos, chirps, roars.

The term typically appears in contexts involving children's learning or entertainment: The book teaches animal-sounds.

Adults use it when discussing recordings, imitations, or the linguistic conventions for representing these noises in different languages.

vocalizations

bark

Sharp canine vocalization

  • meowFeline vocalization
  • mooBovine vocalization
  • roarLoud, deep animal cry

chirp · howl · growl · neigh · bleat · oink · quack · cluck · hiss · bray

onomatopoeia

woof

Vocalization from canines

  • mooBovine vocalization
  • baaOvine vocalization
  • oinkPig vocalization

meow · quack · ribbit · tweet · buzz · hiss · roar · growl · chirp · coo

wildlife

howl

Prolonged mournful cry

chatter · hoot · growl · shriek · call · bellow · bugle · grunt · snarl · cackle

communication

territorial

Defensive about owned space

howling · wolf-pack · courtship · aggression · submission · duet · chorus

farm

mooing

Bovine vocalization

oinking · neighing · braying · gobbling · cackling · lowing · baaing · cock-crow · henhouse · barnyard

Opposites
communication type

animal-soundslanguage

System of symbolic communication

spoken word · verbal communication · talking · human voice · discourse

sound origin

animal-soundsindustrial noise

Loud mechanical production sounds

engine noise · digital audio · white noise · silence

audibility

animal-soundssilence

Total lack of sound

quiet · soundlessness · stillness · muteness · chemical signals

Family

animal, animals, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate, animating, animalism

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G