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Onomatopoeia video - Written Sound
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Verbs for animal sounds - Written Sound
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English verbs for animal sounds. Alligators - bellow, hiss. Basenji dogs - yodel. Bees - hum and buzz. Birds - chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle. Cats - mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl, spit. Cattle - moo, low. Cows - low, moo. Coyotes - yelp, cry. Crickets - chirp, creak. Cuckoos - coo, cuckoo. Dingos - bark, cry. Dodos - squawk, cry. Dogs - bark, woof. Donkeys - bray, hee-haw. Eagles - scream, cry. Flies - buzz, hum. Foxes - bark, yelp or simper. Frogs - croak, ribbit. Goats - bleat, baa. Whale...
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What is onomatopoeia? - Written Sound
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By most definitions, onomatopoeia. Means the use of words that imitate sound. It can also refer to the property. Of such words. According Wikipedia, onomatopoeia can be a countable noun, so kaboom. Would be an onomatopoeia, and the plural would be onomatopoeias. Is synonymous with echoic. Besides the obvious examples, there are many words that originate from words that were imitative, but are not clearly imitative in their current form. For example, according to Etymonline. Spelling can also vary quite a...
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If you have a word or phrase that you think should be added, send an email. Preferably with examples and references illustrating its use and meaning. Which is about analyzing language in all its forms. Imitative words are prominent in comics. There is a dictionary specifically dedicated to onomatopoeia in comics, entitled Ka-boom. By Kevin J. Taylor. This website includes onomatopoeia from literature, internet as well as comics. Onomatopoeia is also often used in children's books. Here. Most languages ha...