Definition of "onomatope" [o•nom•a•tope]

• A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis (noun)

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• "And in the minds of the colored population the American steamer is so intimately associated with the idea of those great tin cans in which food - stuffs are brought from the United States, that the onomatope applied to the can, because of the sound outgiven by it when tapped, -- _bom!"
• "Like Pope, this American poet loved onomatope and imitative verse, and the last line is a word-picture of home-sick weariness."
• "_Hüt_, as an unsuccessful imitation of the locomotive-whistle by my boy of two and a half years, seems also noteworthy as an onomatope independently invented, because it was used daily for months in the same way merely to designate the whistle."