Dictionary entry details
• LET LOOSE (verb)
Meaning:
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
let loose; let out; utter; emit
Context examples:
She let out a big heavy sigh / He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let loose"):
give (emit or utter)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval)
cronk; honk (cry like a goose)
hoot (utter the characteristic sound of owls)
quack (utter quacking noises)
meow; mew (cry like a cat)
chirr (make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas)
churr; whirr (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds)
cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep; twirp (make high-pitched sounds; of birds)
bellow; roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)
baa; blat; blate; bleat (cry plaintively)
bark (make barking sounds)
howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)
growl; grumble; rumble (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)
sibilate (utter a sibilant)
bray; hee-haw (braying characteristic of donkeys)
oink; squeal (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs)
smack (press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating)
sing (to make melodious sounds)
croak; cronk (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)
hem (utter 'hem' or 'ahem')
haw (utter 'haw')
mew (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls)
caw (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)
gargle (utter with gargling or burbling sounds)
neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny (make a characteristic sound, of a horse)
gobble (make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys)
cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)
low; moo (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
clack; click; cluck (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
groan; moan; sough (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure)
spit; spit out (utter with anger or contempt)
cry (utter a characteristic sound)
gurgle (utter with a gurgling sound)
shoot (utter fast and forcefully)
call (utter a characteristic note or cry)
echo; repeat (to say again or imitate)
tsk; tut; tut-tut (utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval)
miaou; miaow (make a cat-like sound)
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
coo (cry softly, as of pigeons)
trumpet (utter in trumpet-like sounds)
crow (utter shrill sounds)
crow (express pleasure verbally)
gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)
nasale (speak in a nasal voice)
bite out (utter)
sigh (utter with a sigh)
snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)
wolf-whistle (whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males)
grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)
hoot (to utter a loud clamorous shout)
deliver (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.))
splutter; sputter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)
chorus (utter in unison)
heave (utter a sound, as with obvious effort)
break into (express or utter spontaneously)
volley (utter rapidly)
pant (utter while panting, as if out of breath)
lift (make audible)
troat (emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time)
call (utter in a loud voice or announce)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Turn loose or free from restraint
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
let loose; loose; unleash
Context examples:
let loose mines / Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
Hypernyms (to "let loose" is one way to...):
let go; let go of; release; relinquish (release, as from one's grip)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
