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UK
/ˌɒnəmˌætəpˈəʊɪk/
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ADJECTIVE
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(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises - of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
How To Use onomatopoeic In A Sentence
- A quick investigation reveals that a similar word, pengö (an onomatopoeic term for ringing or twanging), was the unit of currency in Hungary before the forint was introduced. Data is data, or are they?
- Pop", "boom" and "squelch" are onomatopoeic words.
- Guaa is the onomatopoeic name for macaw and obi (or hovy) describes a colour between blue and green. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- In the silent film, allied to the onomatopoeic imitation of sound was the expectation of sound where there was none.
- Occasionally em appears as an interjection, an onomatopoeic murmur equivalent to erm or um, while in HTML it italicizes text. Read ‘em and write ‘em
- My own interest in Bethlem and madness came from a number of sources; the onomatopoeic clangour of the word Bedlam itself, suggesting an infernal din, like a bedstead falling downstairs, somehow echoed in the vast Victorian asylum near my childhood home, and its noisy but harmless residents, who occasionally spilled out into the streets, weeping and shouting. Bedlam
- Gasa-gasa is also an onomatopoeic word for "rustle" or "rustling sound." gasagasagirl on November 01, 2006 in Naomi Hirahara | Permalink November 2006
- But here more than anywhere I remember lost times, lost chances, lost friends, with the sweet tristesse that is onomatopoeic to the place.
- Guaa is the onomatopoeic name for macaw and obi (or hovy) describes a colour between blue and green. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- He is the most onomatopoeic of the leading poets, able to imitate the sounds of everything from bird calls to the eerie noise of cracking ice.