FindSounds is a useful search tool for short sounds and sound effects.

Search, listen and download almost any animal, nature or industrial sound you need.

• To find a specific sound simply enter the term descrbing it (aerosol, blender, cuckoo clock, dryer, egg, fan, gate, ice cubes, lock, match, oven, pour liquid, razor, switch, timer, vacuum cleaner, washing machine, zipper etc.) and click search.
• You will be presented with the search results page from where you can both play the sounds and see their waveform.
• Other useful feature is the ability to narrow search results down to sounds that meet certain criteria. 

Features:

• Find and play a wide range of sounds (animal, nature etc.) online.
• Download the audio files in AIFF, AU, MP3, and WAVE formats.
• Filter search results by file size, sound quality, number of channels, type and so on.
• Download the sounds to your computer.

Find out for your self at http://www.findsounds.com/.