Synonyms and antonyms of Sounds of things hitting or rubbing together in British Thesaurus

beat (noun)

a single regular sound or a series of regular sounds, especially of two things hitting together

bump (noun)

the sound of something hitting against something solid

chink (noun)

the sound that is made when two glass or metal objects hit each other

clack (noun)

the short loud sound of one hard object hitting against another

clangour (noun)

literary the noise made when metal is hit

clash (noun)

a loud sound made when two metal objects hit each other

clatter (verb)

if a hard object clatters, or if you clatter it, it makes several loud short noises as it hits against another hard object or surface

clatter (noun)

a series of loud short noises made when a hard object hits against another hard object or surface

clink (noun)

a short high sound that glass or metal objects make when they hit each other

clip-clop (noun)

the sound that a horse’s hooves make when the horse is walking

clop (noun)

the sound that a horse’s hooves (=feet) make when they hit the ground

clump (noun)

the sound of heavy steps

clunk (noun)

a low sound made when one hard heavy object hits another

crash (noun)

a loud noise like the sound of two hard things hitting each other and breaking

drum (noun)

the sound of something continuously hitting a surface

drumming (noun)

the sound of something continuously hitting a surface

echo (noun)

a noise that is repeated because the sound hits a surface and returns

flop (noun)

the movement or sound of something that is not hard or made of metal falling against something else

hammering (noun)

the sound of someone hitting something very hard several times

jangle (noun)

a noise made when metal objects hit each other

pounding (noun)

the sound of repeated hard hits or loud noise

rap (noun)

a quick hard hit, or the sound of this

rasp (noun)

an unpleasant sound like the one made by two rough surfaces rubbing together

rat-a-tat (noun)

British a series of short sharp sounds made by someone knocking on a door

rattle (noun)

the sound that something makes when it rattles

ricochet (noun)

the sound or action of a moving object ricocheting off a surface

scrape (noun)

the sound caused by something rubbing against a hard surface

scratch (noun)

a sound made by moving something sharp or rough against a hard surface

scrunch (noun)

a sound like something hard being crushed

slam (noun)

an instance of something slamming down or slamming shut, or the noise made by this

slap (noun)

the sound of a slap or something similar hitting a surface

smack (noun)

a loud sound made when something hits a surface

splash (noun)

the sound of liquid hitting something, or the sound of something falling into a liquid

splat (noun)

the sound made by a wet object hitting something hard

splosh (noun)

Britishinformal the noise that a liquid makes when it moves around

thud (noun)

a low sound made by something heavy falling or hitting something

thump (noun)

a low loud sound that is made when something heavy hits something else

thwack (noun)

a short loud sound like something flat hitting a surface hard

whack (noun)

informal the act of hitting someone or something with a lot of force, or the sound that it makes