What Are Onomatopoeia Words?
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates its real-life counterpart. For example, “crunch” is the word people typically use when they crunch their food. However, “crunch” is not a word that can be found in a dictionary. Onomatopoeia sounds are words that are made up so that it sounds like something. So, for example, the word “squeal” is the sound a bee makes. Now, “squeal” is not a word that can be found in a dictionary. Onomatopoeia sounds are words that are made up so that it sounds like something. As a result, words that resemble actions are often the best.
Here are examples of onomatopoeia words:
List Of Animal Sounds
- tweet
- growl
- bark
- bleat
- croak
- coo
- howl
- ruff
- moo
- buzz
- purr
- oink
- cluck
- woof
- splat
- hoot
- ribbit
- cuckoo
- wolf
- meow
- screech
- squawk
- roar
- hiss
- quack
- squish
- crow
- cock a doodle doo
- chirp
- neigh
- peep
- sqweek
- bow-wow
- sniff
Action Sounds Words
- boom
- tock
- gargle
- zap
- blah
- boop
- ring
- yap
- pow
- clap
- beep
- clang
- pop
- plop
- rattle
- flush
- bam
- slosh
- slurp
- toot
- flop
- slam
- tick
- ping
- mumble
- splash
- thump
- swoosh
- crackle
- vroom
- clang
- snap
- scrape
- clink
- blast
- click
- burp
- whip
- blow
- boing
- zip
- zing
- puff
- fizzle
- grunt
- drip
- flick
- crunch
- slash
- boo
- gulp
- gurgle
- rap
- dong
- creak
- zoom
- hiccup
- honk
- hum
- lurch
- jingle
- sizzle
- patter
- raspy
- belch
- ca-ching
- ting
- bang
- buzz
- swish
- twang
- clop
- blab
- rumble
- thud
- achoo
- ding
Expletives
- huh
- ha-ha
- um
- hoho
- ah
- ahem
- guffaw
Objects
- clogs
- gong
- clunker
- choo-choo
- crash symbol
- tap shoes
- popcorn
- flip-flop
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