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onomatopoeia

1)The formation of words in imitation of natural sounds
2)An imitative word
3)The selection and use of such words
4)Simply, words that sound like what they are such as...
crack, splash, bow-wow, creek, smack, etc
by Jessica September 11, 2003
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onomatopagative

A combination of onomatopia and an adjective, it describes a quality of something at the same time denoting a sound that is associated with that quality, object, or person.
"Wow, did you see that silver Corvette, it was like VROOOM!" (VROOM would be the onomatopagative in this case)
by Andrew February 24, 2005
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onomatopoeia

The task of removing one's own liver by process of elimination.
DANG! I think my liver is infected. It is now time for onomatopoeia.
by Boobo November 5, 2003
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onomatopoeiaexic

of or pertaining to a person who is bad at fitting a sound with the appropriate representational word, or onomatopoeia.
Hey, have you heard that commercial where the jingle goes ching ching at the beginning?
Nah dude, its definitly dahh dahh, you're just onomatopoeiaexic.
by bringeroftruth April 28, 2008
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onomatopoeia

The most fuckin impossible word to spell in the english language.
Onomatopoea is fuckin hard to spell
by Birth Slop October 17, 2003
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onomatopeic

A word described by its sound, usually applied to sounds of a sexual nature, or to an animal's call
Squawk , moo, oink and meow are onomatopeic words. So is sploosh.
by Zankou December 12, 2008
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onomatopia

words that refer to sounds, like woosh bam pow.
BAN! WOOSH! POW! like in the batman comics.

"onomatopia is a word"
by cokabear August 22, 2011
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