When the water is hot enough, what is the sound made by the kettle?
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Stove-top kettles generally whistle to indicate the water has boiled—indeed, they're often called "whistling kettles", to distinguish them from electric jug kettles.
Electric kettles don't usually make a recognisable noise when the water has boiled, they just switch themselves off.
You'd probably have to describe the water or steam versus the boiling kettle itself - the whoosh and the bubble, the grumbling of the water, the glugging, splashing stream as you pour it into the cup. Or somesuch.
Another possibility would be scream, screech, or shriek. Ngram suggests that describing a kettle as screaming or shrieking is not unusual, though less common than whistling, while screeching is rare.