a word capturing or approximating the sound of what it describes; buzz is a good example.
the use of words whose sound resembles what they describe, such as buzz, plop, click, etc.
an echo word or phrase that imitates the sound it represents, as with gurgle, thump, hum, and snort.
(OALD) [U] combination of sounds in a word that imitates or suggests what the word refers to eg hiss, cuckoo, thud.
Words that imitate a sound: squelch, shlakk, barf.
The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning. Examples are "buzz," "hiss," or "honk."
Words whose sound imitates their suggested meaning, (e.g., buzz, hiss and clang).
figure in which the words when pronounced are supposed to sound like what they mean. E.g. "hiss."
n. the use of words that describes sounds like "hiss," "buzz," and "bang."
Term in C-1 theory describing the stylistic tendency of words or related groups of words to sound like or otherwise suggest the persons, places, or things which they signify.
attempt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it (for example, zip, buzz, hiss)
Using words which imitate the sound they refer to (Buzzzzz).
Naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (e.g., in buzz, cuckoo); the use of words whose sound suggests the sense.
using words that imitate the sound they denote
a type of word that sounds like the thing it is describing
a word that imitates the sound it represents
a word that imitates what it denotes
A word such as swish or buzz that is imitative of actual, natural sounds; an utterance that sounds like what it means.
Using a word that emits the sound of the word. example- "He did not steal for the joy of it, but because of the clamor of his stomach" Jack London " . . . growled apologetically" Dashiell Hammett
a word which sounds like what it represents (e.g., the “buzzing” of a bee)
The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning (e.g. clang, buzz, twang).
The use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning. In its simplest sense, onomatopoeia may be represented by words that mimic the sounds they denote such as "hiss" or "meow." At a more subtle level, the pattern and rhythm of sounds and rhyme s of a line or poem may be onomatopoeic. A celebrated example of onomatopoeia is the repetition of the word "bells" in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells."
the use of words that imitate the sounds of movement, animals, or objects (e.g., buzz, hiss, clickety-clack)
A word that sounds like its meaning.
the use of words to indicate a sound and therefore give a particular meaning. Examples include: slush, buzz, plop, sizzle
The use of a word that sounds like the thing it stands for (buzz, sizzle)
a word that sounds like what it means (ex. crash, sizzle)
is a sound device in which the pronunciation of a word suggests its meaning: hiss, buzz, whir.
(noun) The formation of a name or word by an imitation of the sound associated with the thing or action designated; this principle as a force in the formation of words in a language; echoism.
use of a word whose sound echoes or suggests its meaning (buzz, hiss, crack)
Strictly speaking, the formation or use of words which imitate sounds, like whispering, clang, and sizzle, but the term is generally expanded to refer to any word whose sound is suggestive of its meaning whether by imitation or through cultural inference. Sidelight: The use of onomatopoeia is common to all types of linguistic expression, but because sound plays such an important role in poetry, it provides another subtle weapon in the poetic arsenal for the transfer of sense impressions through imagery, such as Keats' "the murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves," in " Ode to a Nightingale." Sidelight: Though impossible to prove, some philologists (linguistic scientists) believe that all language originated through the onomatopoeic formation of words.(See also Mimesis, Phonetic Symbolism)
The use of words that imitate the sound of what they denote: such as buzz, slurp, or whiz.
A word that phonetically resembles a sound is described as onomatopoetic. Example:“bang,†“gong,†“boo†or “barbarians
The formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action. For example, the "crack" of the bat, or the "twang" of the guitar strings.
(Gk onoma 'name' + poeia 'making'; ÀÀÁnµü): The use of words formed or sounding like what they signify; examples: mew, mew; clang, clang; swish.
Words whose sounds imitate or make you think of their meaning, like buzz, sizzle and hiss.
Any word whose sound is like the sound or noise it is describing. For example: click, hiss, buzz, bang
The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning. The names of some birds are onomatopoetic, imitating the cry of the bird named. For instance, cuckoo, whippoorwill, owl, crow.
a word that sounds like the thing it describes
A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. Examples of onomatopoeic words are buzz, hiss, zing, clippety-clop, and tick-tock. Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale" not only uses onomatopoeia, but calls our attention to it: "Forlorn! The very word is like a bell/To toll me back from thee to my sole self!" Another example of onomatopoeia is found in this line from Tennyson's Come Down, O Maid: "The moan of doves in immemorial elms,/And murmuring of innumerable bees." The repeated "m/n" sounds reinforce the idea of "murmuring" by imitating the hum of insects on a warm summer day.
Words that sound like, imitate or evoke their meaning, i.e., hiss or slither.
The use of words that sound like the natural noises they name
The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning, as in clang, buzz, twang.
Words which actually convey the sound being made, e.g
(Sometimes called ECHOISM) Refers to the use of words whose sounds seem to express or reinforce their meanings: "hiss," "buzz," "bang," etc. Ononmatopoeia is also applied to words or passages which seem to correspond to, or to strongly suggest, what they denote in any way whatever - size, movement, or force.
A word that sounds like what it means or echoes its meanings. Words like splash, crash, pop, etc. give an aural, visual or emotional image of what they mean. Such words are dramatic, effective and exciting for the audience.
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
is a literary device wherein the sound of a word echoes the sound it represents. Example: crunch, drip, boom
a device whereby the sound of the word accords with the meaning. e.g. splash! bang! splinter! whoosh! etc.
The term used to describe words whose pronunciations suggest their meaning (e. g., meow, buzz).
a word whose sound mimics the meaning, e.g. bang, crash, whallop
A term referring to the use of a word that resembles the sound it denotes. Buzz, rattle, bang, and sizzle all reflect onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia can also consist of more than one word; writers sometimes create lines or whole passages in which the sound of the words helps to convey their meanings.
Using a word that emits the sound of the word; such as pop, crunch, smash, pow, bing
A word that sounds like the thing it stands for (Buzz! Pop! Sizzle! Zoom!).
Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled omomatopÅ“ia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang†or “clickâ€, or animal such as “mooâ€, “oinkâ€, “quack†or “meowâ€.