Onomatopoeia is a sound device using a word that sounds like the thing it is describing. It echoes the real-life sound. The meaning of the word is the sound it tries to re-create.
For example:
In the above sentence, the word ‘slurped’ is an onomatopoeia, as the word sounds like the actual sound made.
The following words are examples of onomatopoeia:
| hiss | crash | yawn | hum |
| bang | whoosh | crack | rattle |
| whack | pop | creak | fizz |
| beep | buzz | howl | sizzle |
| smash | tinkle | woof | splat |
| growl | gurgle | meow | vroom |
| boom | tick tock | ping | crunch |
| click | clang | zip | chirp |
