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Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. Noun. Using words that imitate the sound they denote.

Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. Noun. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents. ¹

2. Noun. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss". ¹

3. Noun. (uncountable rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative spelling of onomatopoeia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. 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. It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds. Origin: L, fr. Gr., a name + to make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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