Onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it means: words that imitate particular sounds.

Examples:

  • buzz -- the sound bees make
  • arf, ruff, woof, bark -- sounds that dogs make
  • cuckoo -- the bird's name is its call
  • zip, zipper -- the sound it makes
  • meow -- the sound that cat makes
  • tick tock -- the sound that a clock makes
  • boom -- the sound that a bomb makes
  • crash -- the sound that breaking glass makes
  • moo -- the sound a cow makes
  • achoo -- the sound of a sneeze


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