ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Adv. loudly &c adj.. aloud; at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in
full cry.
Phr. the air rings with; the deep dread-bolted thunder [Lear].
405. Faintness -- N. faintness &c adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath; undertone,
underbreath † ; murmur, hum, susurration; tinkle; still small voice.
hoarseness &c adj.; raucity † .
V. whisper, breathe, murmur, purl, hum, gurgle, ripple, babble, flow; tinkle; mutter &c
(speak imperfectly) 583; susurrate † .
steal on the ear; melt in the air, float on the air.
Adj. inaudible; scarcely audible, just audible; low, dull; stifled, muffled; hoarse, husky;
gentle, soft, faint; floating; purling, flowing &c v.; whispered &c v.; liquid; soothing;
dulcet &c (melodious) 413; susurrant † , susurrous † .
Adv. in a whisper, with bated breath, sotto voce [Lat.], between the teeth, aside; piano,
pianissimo; d la sourdine † ; out of earshot inaudibly &c adj..
(ii) SPECIFIC SOUNDS
406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap -- N. snap &c v.; rapping &c v.; decrepitation,
crepitation; report, thud; burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing,
salvo, volley.
squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M80, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun.
implosion.
bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms) 727.
[explosive substances] gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine,
nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid,
picrates, mercury fulminate (arms) 727.
whack, wham, pow.
V. rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast,
boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham; brustle † ; burst on the ear; crepitate, rump.
blow up, blow; detonate.
Adj. rapping &c v..
Int. kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!,
407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll -- N. roll &c v.; drumming &c v.;
berloque † , bombination † , rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara † ; rataplan † ; whirr;
ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari † , racket; cuckoo; repetition
&c 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation &c 408.
[sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack.
hum, purr.
[animals that hum] hummingbird.
[animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412.
V. roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate † .
hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat.