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Answer for the clue "Snap, crackle and pop, e.g. ", 12 letters:
onomatopoeia

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Word definitions for onomatopoeia in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Onomatopoeia \On`o*mat`o*p[oe]"ia\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; 'o`noma, 'ono`matos, a name + poiei^n to make.] (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (obsolete spelling of onomatopoeia English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Onomatopoeia refers to a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia may also refer to: Onomatopoeia (comics) , a villain in Green Arrow and Batman comic books Onomatopoeia (album) , an album by the band Flobots

Usage examples of onomatopoeia.

The basic form of dolphin/dolphin communication in this view would be a sort of aural onomatopoeia, a drawing of audio frequency pictures- in this case, caricatures of a shark.

There are lots of bells and whistles, too - onomatopoeia, incremental repetition, stream of consciousness, interior dialogue, changes of verbal tense (it has become quite fashionable to tell stories, especially shorter ones, in the present tense), the sticky question of back story (how do you get it in and how much of it belongs), theme, pacing (we'll touch on these last two), and a dozen other topics, all of which are covered - sometimes at exhausting length - in writing courses and standard writing texts.