This week's word is
onomatopoeia. It is a noun that means "a word (or the formation of one) that sounds like what it describes". It's a fun word to say (on-
uh-mah-
tuh-
pee-
uh), and words that are onomatopoeic are fun, too! Here are a few that I can think of:
tick tock
BANG!
hiss
ROAR!
hiccup
CRASH!
zip
What words can
you think of that use onomatopoeia?
Old age didn't come
ReplyDeleteWith a BANG, or a CRASH or a ROAR
It crept in more like a s n o r e
And each day it creeps a bit m o r e...
Thena
Love it, Thena! :)
ReplyDeleteOnomatopeias are always fun (even if the word itself is nearly impossible to spell). I'm a pretty big fan of them in other languages as well.
ReplyDeleteIn Japan, a cat says "nyan" and a frog says "kerokero." They even have a word for staring, "jiiiiii," though I'm not sure if that counts as an onomatopeia.
Hard to spell is right! :)
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