Onomatopoeia

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Please help me compile a list of useful onomatopeia for my colleague who is doing a degree in linguistics,

My faves:

Boom, splat, whizz

Cheers,

L :smiley:

P.S. What’s the plural “Onomatapoeias”?

2

braaaaaap!

sorry 'bout that

3

Fizzle, ping pong, tick-tock, beep.
Animal noises like moo, baa, caw, woof, miaow

I think the plural is “onomatopoeia” too

4

Shhhhh.

5

Gulp
Sip
Slurp

6

pitter-patter
zip
buzz
pop
clop
sizzle
knock knock
cock-a-doodle-doo

(the last few courtesy of Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? :smiley:)

7

fu–

sh–

8

pow

9

BLAOW!

10

No one mentioned BANG. How about DASH?

11

Hiss…
Slap!
Schwing!
Ugh…
Growl…
Huff…

12

kaching :slight_smile:

kerplunk :frowning:

13

yadda yadda yadda

14

glug

15

We say our dog click-clacks along our wooden floor.

16

Click-clacks is what we always used to call those toys that look like a string/stack of 5 or 6 wooden dominos connected by ribbons in a clever way to make them “cascade” down on one another when you turned them over. Anyone know the ones I mean? Not sure if they have a more “official” name…

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Plop
Splash (?)
Murmur
ring
ding dong
wang wang (Chinese for woof woof?)
zoom
dribble
gurgle
gargle
thud
clang
tinkle
squish
rustle
hiccup(?)

18

How has no-one mentioned fart or burp!?

19

and if your student actually wants to know how to spell “onomatopoeia”

you can sing the letters to the tune of “old mac donald had a farm p o e i a”
:laughing:

20

Ahh, cheers all.

I’ve just been reminded of the Danish for “flip flops” (thongs Aussie English) it is;

Clip clappern

What about this word “chickadee” any idea about the origins?

:laughing: