Crossword clues for onomatopoetic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Onomatopoetic \On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to onomatop[oe]ia; characterized by
onomatop[oe]ia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or
word.
--Earle.
Wiktionary
a. (context uncommon English) (alternative spelling of onomatopoeic nodot=1 English); concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic]
(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] [ant: nonechoic]
Usage examples of "onomatopoetic".
Love the scratching to mark territory, the biting, the onomatopoetic sounds, grabbing her hair above her ears and giving her a deep and never-ending kiss, all the wild and spontaneous things that happen during congress.
The idea and the word appear almost simultaneously, as in onomatopoetic designations and interjections.
Absolutely original onomatopoetic words are very rare with children, and have not been observed by me except after the children already knew some words.
It is not easy in this to trace so clearly the framing of a concept as attaching itself directly to onomatopoetic forms as it is in a case communicated by Romanes.
Here belong also the onomatopoetic attempts of children, which are simply a sort of imitation.
It is onomatopoetic enough so that to Angelo it must have sounded like throat clearing.