2006-10-11 21:41:36 · 10 answers · asked by blackratsnake 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia :) It has all the information and examples you could ever need.
2006-10-12 00:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by xx_crushed 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bang
Beep
Boing
Bonk
Boom
Burp
Buzz
Clang
Cuckoo
Hiccup
Hiss
Hush
Ka-boom
Mumble
Murmur
Ping pong
Plop
Poof
Pop
Splash
Splish
Zap
2006-10-11 21:48:05 · answer #2 · answered by Yapin 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In rhetoric, linguistics and poetry, onomatopoeia (also spelled onomatopia) is a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang” or “click”, or animal such as “moo”, “quack” or “meow”.
2016-03-17 04:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Beverly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyday sounds
Some other very common English-language examples include:
Bang
Beep
Boing
Bonk
Boom
Burp
Buzz
Clang
Cuckoo
Hiccup
Hiss
Hush
Ka-boom
Mumble
Murmur
Ping pong
Plop
Poof
Pop
Splash
Splish
Zap
Machine sounds
Aside from the above, machines are usually described with:
Automobile - "honk" or "beep-beep" for the horn, "vroom" for the engine, "screech" for the tires
Train - "clickety-clack" crossing rail splices (when tracks were individual sections, not welded), "choo-choo" or chuga-chuga" for the steam pistons, "choo-choo" or "woo-wooo" for the whistle.
Cash register - "ka-ching"/"ca-ching"/"cha-ching"/"che-ching"/"ker-ching"
Jet - "whoosh"
Electric guitar power chord - "Kerrang"
Animal sounds
For animal sounds, these words are typically used in English:
Bird - "chirp", "tweet"
Chicken - "cluck", "cackle", "bawk", "bwak", "buck", "puckuck"
Crow - "caw"
Dove - "coo", "roo-coo"
Duck - "quack"
Owl - "whoo", "hoo" or "hoot"
Rooster - "cock-a-doodle-doo"
Turkey - "gobble"
Insects - "buzz"
Bee - "buzz", "bzzz"
Mammals
Cat - "meow" (U.S.)/"miow" (UK), "purr"
Lion - "roar", "rawr"
Cow - "moo"
Dog - "woof", "ruff", "arf", "grrr", "bow-wow" (see bark)
Dolphin - "click"
Donkey - "hee-haw"
Horse - "neigh", "whinny", "snort"
Human - "prattle", "blab", "blah blah", "murmur", "brouhaha", "yadda yadda", "ra ra ra", "squeee", "sarumph", "d'oh!"
Mouse/Rat - "squeak"
Pig - "oink", "wee-wee-wee", "squeal", "soo-wee"
Sheep/"baa"
Goat /" Maa"
Wolf - "howl", "arooo"
Rhinocerous - "erooooo"
Reptiles
Snake - "hiss", "sss"
Amphibians
Frog - "ribbit", "croak" (Note: many species of frog make different calls.)
Toad - "tibbur"/"tibbir"
Onomatopoeia in advertising
Advertising uses onomatopoeia as a mnemonic so consumers will remember their products:
Rice Krispies (US and UK) and Rice Bubbles (AU) - "Snap, crackle, pop" when you pour on milk.
Alka-Seltzer - makes a "plop, plop, fizz, fizz" noise when dunked in water ("plink, plink, fizz" in the UK).
Cocoa Puffs - a cartoon cuckoo is "cuckoo" for them.
Road safety: "clunk click, every trip" (click the seatbelt on after clunking the car door closed; UK campaign)
Sunburn precautions: "Slip, slop, slap" (slip on a shirt, slop on the suncream, slap on a hat; Australian/New Zealand sun safe campaign).
2006-10-11 22:56:13 · answer #4 · answered by Sk8erGurl 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I had asked this same question 4 times, and not gotten a proper answer
2016-08-23 08:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by annis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Animal sounds
For animal sounds, these words are typically used in English:
Bird - "chirp", "tweet"
Chicken - "cluck", "cackle", "bawk", "bwak", "buck", "puckuck"
Crow - "caw"
Dove - "coo", "roo-coo"
Duck - "quack"
Owl - "whoo", "hoo" or "hoot"
Rooster - "cock-a-doodle-doo"
Turkey - "gobble"
Insects - "buzz"
Bee - "buzz", "bzzz"
Mammals
Cat - "meow" (U.S.)/"miow" (UK), "purr"
Lion - "roar", "rawr"
Cow - "moo"
Dog - "woof", "ruff", "arf", "grrr", "bow-wow" (see bark)
Dolphin - "click"
Donkey - "hee-haw"
Horse - "neigh", "whinny", "snort"
Human - "prattle", "blab", "blah blah", "murmur", "brouhaha", "yadda yadda", "ra ra ra", "squeee", "sarumph", "d'oh!"
Mouse/Rat - "squeak"
Pig - "oink", "wee-wee-wee", "squeal", "soo-wee"
Sheep/"baa"
Goat /" Maa"
Wolf - "howl", "arooo"
Rhinocerous - "erooooo"
Reptiles
Snake - "hiss", "sss"
Amphibians
Frog - "ribbit", "croak" (Note: many species of frog make different calls.)
Toad - "tibbur"/"tibbir"
2006-10-11 21:50:28 · answer #6 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
onomatopoeia represents words that immitate the sound it represents. eg: buzz, crash, whirr, clang, hiss, purr, squeak, mumble, hush, boom
2006-10-11 21:48:27 · answer #7 · answered by sunfever 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, I don't think so
2016-08-08 17:00:18 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
squeak
2006-10-11 21:47:46 · answer #9 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.. :P
2006-10-11 21:51:39 · answer #10 · answered by jmdanial 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋