| gen. |
hoot (о гудке, сирене; (of car etc. horns, sirens etc.) to make a loud noise, as a warning, signal etc. • You can't leave the factory till the siren hoots); zoom (to make a loud, low-pitched, buzzing or humming sound); drum (о насекомых); buzz (to talk excitedly or incessantly, esp. in low tones; to be filled with or make a similar noise • My ears are buzzing; The crowd was buzzing with excitement); honk (to sound (an automobile horn); to make such a noise • Don't honk that horn any more – you'll disturb the neighbours); whistle; boom; blow; din; hum ([ME hummen, of echoic orig.]; to make a low, continuous, murmuring sound like that of a bee or a motor; to make a similar sound); sing (о ветре); ping; beep; toot ([LowG tuten, to toot, of echoic orig.]; to blow a horn, whistle, etc. in short blasts); tootle; drone out; scream; thrum; toot the horn; sigh; cypher (об органе); jump (о зале, баре с веселящимися, возбуждёнными посетителями); low; drone (to make a low, humming sound • An aeroplane droned overhead); be out on the piss (NumiTorum); parping (suburbian); blare (Taras); sound (of a horn or factory whistle) |
