Onomatopoeic Definition
onomatopoeic
adjective
- of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
- (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
Words that rhyme with onomatopoeic
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