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Definition of onomatopoeia:
{Derived from > Greek:  onomato (word; name) + poeia (compose; make)}
= Onomatopoeia is a word, which is composed of a SOUND, or sounds

What is the difference between Onomatopoeia and Interjections?

Onomatopoeia = sounds with no meaning; Just sounds. / Interjections = sounds with meaning.

Examples of Onomatopoeia

Examples of Onomatopoeia	Sound of...	Table of Contents
Thwack	sound of somebody hitting somebody with something.	Animal Onomatopoeia Thing Onomatopoeia Human Onomatopoeia
Swoosh	sound of the air (wind) made when someone swings his/her arm, but doesn't hit anything.
KaPow	sound of somebody hitting somebody.
The Onomatopoeia Song
x	LIST of...	x
Animal	Onomatopoeia	Other Stuff
ass (see donkey)	X	Animal Song
bear	growl / grrr	Animal Song
bee	buzzzzz (buzz)	Animal Song
bird (small)	tweet, tweet	Animal Song
cat	meow / purr	Animal Song
chicken	cluck, cluck / bwok, bwok	Animal Song
cock (see rooster)	X	Animal Song
cow	moo	Animal Song
crow / raven	caw, caw	Animal Song
dog (small)	arf, arf  /  growl  /  grrrr	Animal Song
dog (medium)	ruff, ruff  /  growl  /  grrrr	Animal Song
dog (large)	woof, woof  /  growl  /  grrr	Animal Song
donkey	hee, haw	Animal Song
duck	quack quack	Animal Song
eagle	screech	Animal Song
elephant	pawoo	Animal Song
frog	ribbit	Animal Song
goat	baa, baa	Animal Song
goose	honk honk	Animal Song
horse	neigh	Animal Song
horse feet	klopp, klopp	X
lion	roar	Animal Song
monkey	oo-oo-oo	Animal Song
mouse	squeak, squeak	Animal Song
owl	Hoo, hoo	Animal Song
pig	oink oink	Animal Song
puss (see cat)	X	Animal Song
rabbit (jumping)	thumpety thump	Animal Song
rooster	cock-a-doodle-doo	Animal Song
sheep	baa, baa	Animal Song
snake	hiss	Animal Song
tiger	roar	Animal Song
turkey	gobble, gobble	Animal Song
wolf	howl	Animal Song
x	x
Things / Inanimate Objects	Onomatopoeia	Other Stuff
alarm clock sounding off	brrring  /  rriinngg (ring)
balloon popping	POP!
base music	Boom, boom, pow	Black Eyed Peas
bell	ding dong	Crazy Frog Song
bomb exploding	BOOM!	Onomatopoeia Video
breaking stick	snap
bubbles (tiny bubbles) in your soda drink	fizz, fizz	Plop, plop, fizz, fizz song
bubble (soap bubble) popping	pip  /  bip
bubble gum popping	POP!
cash register	cha-ching
clock	tick tock, tick tock	The Clock Song Sesame Street Martians Meet a Clock
coins falling	dink, dink
car crashing	crash
car engine	vroom
car going by quickly	zoom	Make cool onomatopoeia
car horn	beep, beep / honk, honk	Onomatopoeia Video
car starting or stopping quickly (laying rubber)	screech
computer mouse	click
door (noisy door)	squeak / creak
door bell	ding dong
door slamming	SLAM!
firecracker	BANG!	Onomatopoeia Video
fireworks	BANG, POP, Crackle
frying	sizzle
gun	BANG!
Rice Krispies (in milk)	Snap, Crackle, Pop!	Rice Krispies Commercial
rocket	?
springing sound	boing	Make cool onomatopoeia
squashing sound	squash / squish
squirt bottle / squirt gun	squirt, squirt
switch	click	Onomatopoeia Video
table tennis	ping pong	Onomatopoeia Video
telephone ringing	rrring (ring) / brrring	Sesame Street Telephone
thunder	rumble / boom / crash
toilet flushing	flush	Onomatopoeia Video
train	chugga chugga / choo choo	Choo Choo Train Song
train's horn	Choo, Choo / Whoo, Whoo
WATER (dripping)	drip drop / whoit	Make cool onomatopoeia
WATER (something big falling into or hitting water)	splish  /  splash	Splish Splash Song
WATER (something little falling into water)	plop  /  kerplop	Plop, plop, fizz, fizz song
whip	crack
wine bottle opening	POP!	Onomatopoeia Video
zipper	ziiiiiip (zip)
X	X	X
Human/Ghost Sounds	Onomatopoeia	Other Stuff
bumping sound	BUMP!  /  THUMP!
clearing throat	er, hem
eating chips	crunch	Make cool onomatopoeia
feet	pitter patter
	BOO!
heart	lub-dub, lub-dub
hitting metal with something soft	GONGGGG!
hitting metal with metal	Clank
hitting wood with wood or metal	BAM!!!
hitting wood or metal with your knuckles	Knock, knock
kiss	smack (loud kiss) muaa / mwaa (soft kiss)
passing gas (farting)	toot
punch	POW!
slapping	whack / smack
sleeping	zzzzzzzz
sniffing	sniiiiiif (snif) / whif
sneezing	Ah-choo
snoring	ZZZZZZZ
snorting	snort	Make cool onomatopoeia
talking (chit chat)	chatter / bla, bla, bla	metaphor: chatter box
talking (softly)	mumble, mumble
walking (loudly and slowly)	STOMP, STOMP
walking (quickly and softly)	pitter patter
walking in the mud	squish, squish
walking in a puddle	slosh slosh   /   splish splash
Mr. Brown Can Moo, by Dr. Seuss

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