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Definition of onomatopoeia noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

onomatopoeia

noun

NAmE//ˌɑnəˌmæt̮əˈpiə//

, NAmE//ˌɑnəˌmɑt̮əˈpiə//

[uncountable] (technology)

the fact of words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe, for example hiss; the use of words like this in a piece of writing

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onomatopoeic

NAmE//ˌɑnəˌmæt̮əˈpiɪk//

, NAmE//ˌɑnəˌmɑt̮əˈpiɪk//

adjective “Bang” and “pop” are onomatopoeic words.See onomatopoeia in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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