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  • 91plash — n 1. splash, lap, slosh, swash, dash, splat, wash, spatter, patter; ripple, gurgle, babble, bubble, burble, trickle, drip; murmur, purl, whisper, susurrus, susurration. 2. pool, puddle, mudhole, wallow, water hole; pond, swimming hole, fishing… …

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  • 92rustle — v 1. swish, whisper, whoosh, susurrate, sibilate; crinkle, tinkle, ripple; swash, plash. 2. move, stir, sway, agitate, flutter, wave, flap. 3.U.S. Informal. poach, abduct, plunder, kidnap, pirate; steal, purloin, filch, Sl. lift, Sl. liberate. 4 …

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  • 93sigh — v 1. exhale, expire, breathe out, aspirate, Chiefly Literary. suspire; moan, sob, whine, wail; sough, rustle. 2. lament for, mourn for, grieve for, weep for; bemoan, bewail. n 3. deep breath, Scot, and North Eng. sough, Chiefly Literary.… …

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  • 94stir — v 1. mix, commix, intermix, scramble; blend, mingle, commingle, intermingle; fuse, merge, amalgamate; beat, whip, churn. 2. move, budge, act; trouble oneself, move an inch, exert oneself, make an effort, lift a finger; shift, change positions,… …

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  • 95swish — v 1. whish, whoosh, whiz, whistle, hiss, sibilate, whir, hum, buzz. 2. rustle, swoosh, sough, sigh, whisper, murmur. 3. swirl around, move around, stir around, agitate, swash around; splash, swash, dash against, wash, lap. 4. flourish, brandish,… …

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  • 96tinkle — n jingle, ring, ding, chime, peal; clink, clank, jangle; toll, knell, sound; murmur, susurrus, whisper, plash, lap …

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  • 97undertone — n 1. murmur, murmuration, whisper, breath, sigh; susurration, susurrus, rustle; low tone, hum, whir, whirring, purr, purring, vibration. 2. undercurrent, undermeaning, subsense; connotation, suggestion, implication, signification, insinuation;… …

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  • 98whisper — v 1. murmur, breathe, sigh, Literary. suspire; mutter, mumble; sibilate, hiss, rustle, sough; buzz, hum, drone. 2. divulge, disclose, reveal; intimate, hint, insinuate; rumor, bruit, tell, breathe a word, blab, gossip, Inf. open one s mouth. n 3 …

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  • 99schwirren — schwirren: Das im 17. Jh. aus ‹m›nd. swirren ins Hochd. übernommene Verb entspricht gleichbed. niederl. zwirrelen und aisl. sverra »wirbeln«. Die lautmalende Wortgruppe, zu der auch die unter ↑ Schwarm und ↑ surren behandelten Wörter gehören,… …

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  • 100susurrate —   v.i. whisper.    ♦ susurrant, a.    ♦ susurrous, a. rustling.    ♦ susurrus, n. whispering sound.    ♦ susurration, n …

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