It’s a funny sounding word in a scary sound image. I have learned a great deal about judging words!
- 04.023 while the goblin-drivers whooped
Whizz
A very exciting word for high adventure!
- 06.064 and threw it whizzing down among the circle of the wolves.
- 08.093 The next stone went whizzing through a big web,
Whistle
Again, it depends on what is whistling. The sound-play words are intensifiers, not valences.
- 01.092 like the whistle of an engine coming out of a tunnel.
- 02.002 Bilbo began to whistle loudly
- 05.112 a whistling
- 05.143 Whistles blew,
- 07.030 and when I call or whistle begin to come after me –
- 07.051 So Gandalf gave a long shrill whistle,
- 07.061 They don’t seem all to have come when I whistled.
- 07.062 Go on, whistle again!
- 07.063 Gandalf whistled again;
- 07.100 its whistling voices were released.
- 12.022 in fierce whistling steam,
- 14.040 Above the borders of the Forest there was whistling,
- 17.039 and arrows whistled;
“whistle, v.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 29 May 2015.
Whirr
Bats, bees, black moths, and
[12.028] A whirring noise was heard. A red light touched the points of standing rocks. The dragon came.
- 05.009 except the occasional whirr of a bat by his ears,
- 07.025 and a whirring
- 08.006 and whirring round their ears.
- 12.028 A whirring noise was heard.
Whinny
Ponies faced with stone-giants in a thunder-battle!
- 04.005 and some of them were whinnying with fright.
Trot
Even when wolves do it, trotting sounds light hearted.
- 04.038 as fast as he could trot,
- 04.038 he was trotting along again,
- 05.007 and trotted along with his little sword held
- 05.010 he trotted splash into water!
- 06.058 Just at that moment the wolves trotted
- 07.032 trotted up across the grass
- 07.036 As for Bilbo he could easily have trotted through his legs
- 07.092 in trotted four beautiful white ponies
- 07.145 Off they trotted gaily,
- 09.003 Nor did they hear or feel him trotting along
- 09.026 but Bilbo was trotting as fast as he could
- 12.035 Did you expect me to trot back
- 13.017 Quickly Bilbo trotted to the door
Thrum
Thrumming seems like such a calm, purring sound.
- 12.013 a thrumming came from his jaws
Squash
How very odd! For all the tight places mentioned, only Chapter 2 features the word “squash”.
- 02.071 But his poor little feet had been very squashed
- 02.080 and squash them into jelly;
- 02.092 and squash them,
- 02.108 and squashing them
Splash
Definitely sound play – and a familiar one. Falling into the water is not always humourous – but that seems to be the feel in these passages. Well bless us and splash us!
- 01.065 Splash the wine on every door!
- 02.029 as he splashed along behind the others
- 05.010 he trotted splash into water!
- 05.015 and splash us, my precioussss!
- 05.105 and the splash as Gollum leapt from his boat.
- 07.106 a splash of white on the floor came from the high moon,
- 08.018 Splash it fell
- 09.049 Heave ho! Splash plump!
- 09.054 splash!
- 10.045 and splashed,
- 11.006 and splashing among many boulders,
- 16.017 and fell into the cold water with a splash.
Snuffle
Wolves and bears – very dangerous creatures, but this word has a funny edge.
- 06.060 and then went snuffling about
- 07.120 snuffling, and growling as before.
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