• (n.) Onomatopoeia.
Synonym for onomatopoeia ... <philosophy> 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, especi...
On`o·mat'o·py noun Onomatopœia.