When you raise or lower a window blind with a one quick movement, it produces a sound, what do you call that sound in English?
I rolled up/raised/opened/ pulled up the window blind quickly with a/an ______(?)
I found "squeak" for opening a door, in an onomatopoeia list, but I'm not sure if I can use it in my sentence or not.
PS: I'm looking for a word that can be used for any kind of blinds, Wooden or metal, but since this sound is produced by rapid opening, I think the blinds aren't that old. (However; in my sentence, the blinds I have in my mind are metal and new, like the white blinds in the picture below).
Unfortunately I don't know how to describe this sound, so you should imagine the last time you pulled the string on a blind and it was rolled up with one movement,to remember that sound! 🙂
I found these, please check them for hearing the sound!
http://www.freesound.org/search/?q=blinds
I just found this sentence too, (By No One's Leave, By Kevin Bache, page 202):
Britney pulled the string on the blinds, which closed with a loud “Swoosh”.
Best Answer
I suggest rattle: