ONOMATOPOEIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using words that imitate the sound they denote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("onomatopoeia" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Derivation:

onomatopoeical; onomatopoetic ((of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound)

onomatopoetic (of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia)

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