Words used
to imitate the sounds we hear known as Onomatopoeia. The word
'onomatopoeia' comes from the combination of two Greek words, one meaning “name” and the other meaning “I make”, so onomatopoeia
literally means “the name (or
sound) I make”. Every
country describes sounds differently according to their languages. Below are
examples for English which is quite fun and interesting to know I think.
Sounds of
|
Onomatopoeia
|
Beating heart
|
lub-dub-lub-dub
|
Bee
|
buzz
|
Bell
|
ching-a-ling
|
Blowing on hot soup
|
fffffffff
|
Cat
|
miaow
|
Cash
|
cha-ching
|
Cash
|
ka-ching
|
Clock
|
tick tock
|
Chicken
|
cluck
cluck
|
Choking
|
awk
|
Clearing throat
|
ahem
|
Computer generated
|
beep
|
Coughing
|
ugh
|
Cow
|
moo
|
Dog
|
woof woof
|
Door bell
|
ding dong
|
Donkey
|
eee-aaaah
|
Duck
|
quack quack
|
Exhaling
|
huff
|
Explosion
|
boom
|
Feeling cold
|
brrr
|
Flying insect
|
bzzz
|
Frog
|
ribbit
|
Hard Hit
|
bam
|
Hen
|
kut-kut-kut
|
High heels
|
tack tack
|
Hippopotamus
|
huuuuugh
|
Horse
|
neigh
|
Infant
|
dada
|
Knocking on a door
|
knock knock
|
Leaking faucet
|
tluck…tlock
|
Lion
|
roar
|
Machine gun
|
bratatat
|
Police car
|
woop woop
|
Phone
|
ring
|
Pig
|
oink
oink
|
Rooster
|
cock-a-doodle-do
|
Running horse
|
tabdak tabdak
|
Sheep
|
baa
|
Siren
|
eeeoooeeeooo
|
Sleep
|
zzzz
|
Snake
|
sssss
|
Sneeze
|
achoo
|
Swallowing drink
|
glug
|
Train horn
|
waaank
|
Wind
|
whoosh
|
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