onomatopoeia
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1. using words that imitate the sound they denote (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | rhetorical device, |
| definition | : | a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, |
| definition | : | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, |
| definition | : | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia (adj.pert) |
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