SOUGHS Synonyms

• A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

• A whisper.

• The audible friction of voice consonants.

• A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

• A telephone call or e-mail.

• Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

• To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

• To show a high level of activity and haste (alluding to the common simile "busy as a bee"). Often in the colloquial imperative "Buzz off!"

• To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

• To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

• To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

• To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

• To drink to the bottom.

• To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

• stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

• an unchanging intonation

• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

• an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

• a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

• make a monotonous low dull sound

• talk in a monotonous voice

• an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

• the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

• a humming noise

• sing with closed lips

• be noisy with activity

• sound with a monotonous hum

• make a low continuous sound

• an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

• indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

• an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• speak softly or indistinctly

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

• a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken

• loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

• make short successive sounds

• shake and cause to make a rattling noise

• a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

• make a dry crackling sound

• take illegally

• forage food

• an utterance made by exhaling audibly

• a sound like a person sighing

• heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

• utter with a sigh

• issue soft noises

• a brushing or rustling sound

• elegant and fashionable

• move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound

• sound of something in rapid motion

• make a soft swishing sound

• speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

• a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

• speak softly; in a low voice

• A whirring or hissing sound (as above).

• Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.

• (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

• Amphetamine.

• (with "the") Pickpocketing.

• To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.

• To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.

• To throw or spin rapidly.

• To urinate.

• the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid)

• move with a sibilant sound

• move with a whooshing sound

• gush or squirt out

• gold or silver wire thread

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the righthand side

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• make a murmuring sound

• knit with a purl stitch

• edge or border with gold or silver embroidery

• embroider with gold or silver thread