onomatopoeia
Example Sentences
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The song's all about teetering off the precipice of desire, and the title's an onomatopoeia for your heartbeat.
From BBC
Because there is no onomatopoeia that could distill the noises this animal makes.
From Seattle Times
One type is onomatopoeia; for example, words that describe a cat’s meow or a rooster’s crow are similar across many languages.
From New York Times
Among his voluminous output, he is most proud of his 1970s “Kotoba Asobi Uta” series, which utilized singsong alliterations and onomatopoeia, as the title “Word Play Songs” implies.
From Seattle Times
Madden’s influence, steeped in Everyman sensibilities and studded with wild gesticulations and paroxysms of onomatopoeia — wham! doink! whoosh! — made the NFL more interesting, more relevant and more fun, for over 40 years.
From Seattle Times
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