Onomatopoeia
In rhetoric, linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia is a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates, echoes, or suggests the object it is describing, such as "bang", "click", "fizz", "hush" or "buzz", or animal noises such as "moo", "quack" or "meow".
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Examples and uses of onomatopoeia |
| ► | Onomatopoeias in pop culture |
| ► | See also |
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