are giggle and laugh onomatopoeia?
if not, what can i use in place of them???
2007-02-08 11:38:49 · 14 answers · asked by Hαír Pεace Šmûrƒ Pεαce 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I'd say giggle is, not sure about laugh. Some others that might qualify: titter, cackle, roar, whoosh, yowl, growl -- they all sort of sound like what they say
2007-02-08 11:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Onomatopoeia means that the word imitates the thing it describes. Do you think a laugh sounds like someone saying laugh? Does a giggle sound like someone saying giggle?
Think about a word like moo. That is the name of the sound a cow makes, and it sounds excatly like what the cow does. Or slurp. Say it quickly and it sounds exactly like the noise you make with your straw when you're trying to slurp up the last of whatever's in the glass. Or 'gong'. When you strike a gong, that's exactly the sound it makes. That's what onomatopoeia is all about. Several other people have given you tee hee and other words to replace giggle and laugh, so i won't repeat them. But do try to remember what onomatopoeia is (sounds like the word it describes) so when it comes up on an exam, you'll be ready.
2007-02-08 11:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents.
also imitative harmony: Example: splash, wow, gush, kerplunk
The sounds literally make the meaning in such words as "buzz," "crash," "whirr," "clang" "hiss," "purr," "squeak," "mumble," "hush," "boom."
So the word "laugh" doesn't really sound like laughter... giggle might be b/c it's sort of a bouncy word like a giggle is bouncy...
2007-02-08 11:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by jokesbyjen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no use hahaha and heehehee or snort sometimes giggle is used as onomatopoeia
2007-02-08 11:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by ReRe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, onomatopoeia are the sounds themselves.
You would use "Haha!"
2007-02-08 11:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jacques 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not those try things that ARE the sounds
Tee hee
Ha ha
ye haw
yuk yuk
Mee hee
ho ho
he he
hurk hurk
ooo ooo
pretty much anything that sounds like laughter
2007-02-08 11:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by katkittycat_figureskate4life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, giggle and laugh are not onomatopoeia. sounds are, like "tee hee" and "ha ha ha".
2007-02-08 11:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Dynamite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giggle probably but laugh no because giggle can represent laughter but laugh is a verb so no. try heehee or haahaa
2007-02-08 11:41:37 · answer #8 · answered by dave b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
giggle is because it sounds like that girly sound
but laugh -nah
how about titter-not rude
2007-02-08 11:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Try Tee-hee and Haha.
2007-02-08 11:40:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋