Onomatopoeic - Definition

onomatopoeic

adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn:
onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic]
2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was
independently developed in more than one place as an
onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic,
imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical,
onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic]

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