27 Human Sounds and Actions

Useful Vocabulary Words

1.slurp - drink or eat something with a loud sucking noise. eg : He slurped his drink.

2.belch,burp - noisily release air from the stomach through the mouth.
 eg: 1.How to burp your baby?2.After feeding, belch your baby by patting on its back.

3.snore - a person's breathing sound while they are asleep. Eg : Snoring is annoying and it also ruins our health.

4.yawn - involuntarily open one's mouth wide due to tiredness or boredom. eg : She began yawning as soon as the movie started.

5.gasp - catch one's breath with an open mouth due to pain or astonishment. eg : She gasped in horror and fainted.

6.cough - to expel air from the lungs noisily. eg : Severe cough can make your throat feel bad.

7.sneeze - to expel air forcibly due to the irritation of one's nostrils. eg : Sneezing makes ah-choo sound.

8.hiccups - it results in shard sound and urges you to drink water. eg : The best way to stop hiccups is to drink a glass of water.
9.gurgle - a bubbling sound made by water. eg : When you clear the debris in the kitchen sink, the flow down of water creates a gurgling sound.

 Vocabulary Words
10.vomit - the contents from the stomach comes out through the mouth. eg : He vomited the pills which he had just taken.

11.wink - deliberately closing and opening the eyelid of one eye as to convey a message, signal or suggestion. eg : She winked at him to turn his attention towards her.

12.blink - closing and opening the eyelids of both eyes. eg : Don't forget to blink your eyes often while watching Television.

13.squint - look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light. eg : The bright lighting in the stadium made him squint his eyes.

squint eye is a condition in which eyes are not properly aligned and eyes do not look in the same direction.

14.grumpy - annoyed,bad tempered,irritated. eg : His computer freezes, he became grumpy.

15.fart - releasing gas through the bottom, passing gas. eg : Remember not all farts smells bad.Farts won't smell when it release odorless gas like carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen and methane. Farts smells very bad when it release gas like hydrogen sulfide.

16.grin - smile broadly. eg : She gazed at him with a grin on her face.

17.giggle  - There were giggles and guffaws when she was around.

18.flush/blush - show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face.
eg : She blushed on seeing him.

19.pant - quick and short breath, longing for more. eg : She was panting when she climbed the stairs.

20.sigh - draw in and exhale audibly to express you are relieved, emit a long deep audible breath to express despair,sadness,boredom, tiredness. eg : He sighed heavily after completing the task.

21.snort - A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils to express dislike, anger or when you are delighted, amused., inhaling drug through the nose. eg : She snorted and returned home herself.

22.wheeze - breathing loudly with difficulty and with a whistling sound. eg - I was panting and wheezing while climbing the stairs.

23.scream - a loud cry in high voice because of pain or surprise. eg : She screamed in pain which was terribly hoarse.

24.snuffle - breathing noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying. eg : She was crying and snuffling all the way to the home.

25.sniff - to inhale a short, audible breath through the nose to detect a smell. eg : The dog sniffed his bag.

 26.bloat - to swell up or inflate. eg: The government had bloated the petrol price recently.2.Her stomach bloated and looked almost like a balloon.

27.Note :

to breathe noisily - sniff, snore (when sleeping),snort, sigh
to breathe with difficulty - gasp, pant, wheeze
to be unable to breathe: choke, suffocate. eg :  The smoke in the room made her feel choked/suffocated.