ONOMATOPOEIA
- means the creation or use of words that imitate sounds.
- the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it such as buzz, hiss .
- the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it also ONOMATOPOESIS, ONOMATOPOIESIS [n -S]
- the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- the formation of a word by the imitation of a sound