![]() ![]() In Part B, we’ll consider the sounds made by a range of wild and farm animals. When a horse makes the rather explosive sound of suddenly breathing out forcefully through its nose, it snorts: I could hear the horse in the field next to the house neighing When a horse makes a long, loud, high call, we say it neighs or whinnies: The cat was peering through the window, mewing to be let in.Īnother frequently domesticated animal – the horse – make a range of sounds though only two or three words describing them are commonly used. I could hear the cat miaowing in the kitchen. When it makes a quiet, continuous, soft sound it is said to purr and when it makes a high crying sound it ( UK) miaows (US) meows, or mews: That other very popular pet – the cat – has a more limited repertoire of noises. We also talk about dogs whining when they make a long, high-pitched sound because they are unhappy or they want something: I can hear the neighbours’ dog whining when they go out. ![]() When a dog (or a wolf) makes a long, loud, high-pitched sound, it is said to howl: At night, we could hear wolves howling. (Other animals growl too, for example bears and large cats.) Meanwhile, a sudden deep, rough sound from a dog, with the teeth exposed, is a snarl: If a dog makes a continuous, low sound that is rather threatening, it is said to growl. I accidentally stepped on her foot and she yelped. The dogs always bark when someone comes to the house. When a horse makes a long, loud, high call, we say it neighs or whinnies: I could hear the horse in the field next to the house neighing. (This word is usually used negatively.) When a dog makes a sudden, short, high sound because it is in pain, it yelps. Another frequently domesticated animal the horse make a range of sounds though only two or three words describing them are commonly used. Smaller dogs may be said to yap when they make high-pitched sounds. ![]() Here, in Part A, we start by considering words for the different noises that dogs make.īark, of course, is the word we usually use for a dog’s loud, rough noise. Accordingly, this is a post in two parts, A and B. When I looked into the subject, I was struck by the huge range of very specific words in the English language for the various noises that animals and birds make. Jill Lehmann Photography/Moment/GettyImagesĪ reader of this blog recently requested a post on animal sounds. ![]()
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