This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

n. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.

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

n. The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.

n. A word formed in imitation of the sound of the thing it signifies; an imitative word. See the extract.

n. using words that imitate the sound they denote

"I like the word onomatopoeia, and not just because I still remember how to spell it from third grade spelling classes."

rhetorical device   

onomatopoeias   

onomatope    onomatopoeic    onomatopoetic   

imitative harmony   

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