onomatopoeia
noun
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
onomatopoetic
-
a word derived from
onomatopoeia.
Example Sentences
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Pacheco’s precision pacing and evolving wall of sound made this guaguancó a dizzying, onomatopoetic utterance of percussive instruments.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
Across an avalanche of pages written in that famously onomatopoetic style, Wolfe might have given us “A Tan in Full.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2020
The name itself—“Snapchat”—was a breezy mashup of two onomatopoetic colloquialisms, each connoting casual spontaneity.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2017
Shabu shabu is a Japanese onomatopoetic word for "swish swish," the sound the food makes in the hot pot; hyang in Korean means the "aroma of."
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2015
Unlike good names, pet names are frequendy meaningless, deliberately silly, ironic, even onomatopoetic.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
