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onomatopoeic

Definition of onomatopoeic

adjective

  • using or relating to onomatopoeia:onomatopoeic words like ‘bang’ and ‘coo’

Derivatives

onomatopoeically

adverb

onomatopoeic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of onomatopoeic in the US English dictionary
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