Onomatopoeia is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ONOMATOPOEIA in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it, also ONOMATOPOESIS, ONOMATOPOIESIS
• the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).
• the use of onomatopoeia for literary effect.
• The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
• using words that imitate the sound they denote
• the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)

Words related to ONOMATOPOEIA

onomatopoeias17 onomatopoesis17 onomatopoiesis18

Words that contain ONOMATOPOEIA

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How to use ONOMATOPOEIA in a sentence

• What cries! what vociferations! What a succession of groans, hurrahs, cheers, and all the onomatopoeia of which the American language is so full.
• It really was a rather remarkable piece of onomatopoeia.
• Besides the words created by direct onomatopoeia, there are quite a number which are really Indian, but have their origin in the similarity of sound to sense.
• I thus enormously extended the principle of onomatopoeia in the origin of vocal language.

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