onomatopoeia
21onomatopoeia — on|o|mat|o|poe|ia [ˌɔnəmætəˈpi:ə US ˌa:n ] n [U] technical [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma name + poiein to make ] the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example hiss or… …
22onomatopoeia — on|o|mat|o|poe|ia [ ,anəmætə piə ] noun uncount the use of words such as buzz and thud that sound like the sound which they refer to …
23onomatopoeia — The formation of words based on the sounds they denote, as with buzz, bang, and vroom vroom …
24onomatopoeia — n. use or formation of words which sound like the meaning they represent (i.e. ding dong)on·o·mat·o·poe·ia || ‚ɑnəʊmætəʊ pɪËÉ™ /‚ɒn …
25onomatopoeia — (on oh mah toh PEH yah) [Greek: word making] The formation of words that imitate what they represent, or that imitate natural sounds associated with the word, e.g., “crack,” “sizzle,” or “cuckoo.” …
26onomatopoeia — [ˌɒnə(ʊ)matə pi:ə] noun the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle). ↘the use of such words for rhetorical effect. Derivatives onomatopoeic adjective onomatopoeically adverb Origin C16: via late L.… …
27onomatopoeia — noun (U) technical the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, like hiss or boom onomatopoeic adjective …
28onomatopoeia — on·o·mat·o·poe·ia …
29onomatopoeia — UK [ˌɒnəʊmætəˈpiːə] / US [ˌɑnəmætəˈpɪə] noun [uncountable] literature the use of words such as buzz and thud that sound like the sound which they refer to …
30onomatopoeia — on•o•mat•o•poe•ia [[t]ˌɒn əˌmæt əˈpi ə, ˌmɑ tə [/t]] n. 1) ling. the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent 2) rht the use of such imitative words • Etymology: 1570–80; < LL < …
