Onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it means: words that imitate particular sounds.

Examples:
buzz -- the sound bees make
arf, ruff, woof, bark -- sounds that dogs make
cuckoo -- the bird's name is its call
zip, zipper -- the sound it makes
meow -- the sound that cat makes
tick tock -- the sound that a clock makes
boom -- the sound that a bomb makes
crash -- the sound that breaking glass makes
moo -- the sound a cow makes
achoo -- the sound of a sneeze

Category:Vocabulary