onomatopoeias

Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp.

A few examples….

HUMAN VOCAL SOUNDS 

Achoo

Chomp

Cough

Hiccup

Hum

SOUNDS MADE BY DEVICES OR OBJECTS

Bang

Boom

Beep

Ching

Clatter

Clink

Crackle

Crash

Creak

Ding dong

Fizz

Flutter

Honk

Kaboom

Knock

Oom-pah

Ping

Plop

Pop

Rumble

Sizzle

Slosh

Snap

Splat

Splash

Squish

Swish

Tap

Thump

Tick 

Tick tock

Toot

Vroom

Whirr

Whoosh

Zap

ANIMAL AND BIRD NOISES 

Bark

Bleat

Buzz

Chirp

Chirp

Growl

Hiss

Hoot

Howl

Meow

Moo

Purr

Quack

Ribbit

Roar

Screech

Tweet

Woof