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1.NounThe property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
2.NounA word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".
A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
3.NounA word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
4.NounThe use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.