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  1. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    See blowing a raspberry on Wikipedia, which says the sound can be transcribed in IPA as the unvoiced linguolabial trill [r̼̊], and is "commonly spelled" pbbbt on the internet.

  2. A word for blowing air onto baby's tummy to make him (her) laugh

    Nov 4, 2013 · What do you call the action when you press your mouth against baby's tummy and blow air to make the baby laugh?

  3. What's the verb for making that "pffft" sound?

    1 That sound is called a raspberry (sometimes also referred to as a "Bronx Cheer"). The act of making it is referred to a blowing a raspberry. If you need a single word-verb for it, the one I …

  4. expressions - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Bronx cheer: a rude sound made by sticking the tongue out and blowing. - Blow a raspberry: - To make a sputtering noise by pressing the tongue and lips together. It can be used to express …

  5. Word for sighing through your lips so that they flap and make a …

    Jun 9, 2017 · If you take a deep breath, close your lips gently, and then exhale, the air forces itself past your lips and makes them flap together like a horse. Is there a commonly used word or …

  6. Name for that sound you make with pursed lips

    Jul 15, 2012 · Perhaps raspberries, as in to blow raspberries: 2 [short for raspberry tart, rhyming slang for fart] : a sound of contempt made by protruding the tongue between the lips and …

  7. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 2, 2022 · What word should I use to indicate the sound that a person makes when blowing through their mouth (e.g they're blowing out a candle or blowing hot noodles before eating)?

  8. Word for when baby is blowing raspberries (drooling, spit up)

    Nov 15, 2024 · Other than 'blowing' can you say say which end of your baby the raspberries come from? Beyond that how could 'drooling' equate to 'blowing (anything)' and how could even …

  9. Is rhyming slang used in other parts of the world than London?

    Jun 5, 2015 · Wiki also says: Outside England, rhyming slang is used in many English-speaking countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, but is not in general use in the United States. …

  10. What is the etymology and literal meaning of 'Cock a snoot/snook'?

    The NOAD reports that the phrase (chiefly British) cock a snook means "place one's hand so that the thumb touches one's nose and the fingers are spread out, in order to express contempt;" it …