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laughter. more old fashioned and more hick than yuk, yuk

1. monkey vocalization, also: ook, hoo hoo hoo hoo, oo oo oo, 2. the sound of wind, 3. the sound of a …

humábug/_h_m_b_g/ Noun Deceptive or false talk or behavior. Verb Deceive; trick. Synonyms noun. cheat – fraud – deception – swindle verb. cheat …

name of bird species. imitative origin, but the hoopoe’s call is actually a trisyllabic “oop-oop-oop”.

exclamation used to express joy, approval, or encouragement

hoot /ho_ot/ NounA deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or interrupted, that is the typical call of many kinds of owl. …

hooted past participle, past tense of hoot (Verb) Verb(of an owl) Utter a hoot.

member of native S. African race. Possibly imitative of the language spoken by the people referred to

Pronounced “Whin-ems,” like a horse’s whinny, the Houyhnhnm are a race of intelligent horses in book 4 of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s …

howl /houl/ NounA long, loud, doleful cry uttered by an animal such as a dog or wolf. VerbMake a howling sound. Synonymsnoun. …