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5.7 Water dripping. 5.8 White water. 5.9 Wind blowing or waves flowing. 6 Others. Toggle Others subsection. ... Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
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Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) [1] is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias in English include animal noises such as oink , meow , roar , and chirp .
A shishi-odoshi breaks the quietness of a Japanese garden with the sound of a bamboo rocker arm hitting a rock.. Shishi-odoshi (literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including kakashi (), naruko (clappers) and sōzu.
Sometimes, as with tsuyudakudakudaku ("dripping with soupiness"), people will request that the daku, or amount of tsuyu, be exceedingly increased. [6] One theory says that daku comes from the taku part of takusan ("many, a lot") which, when doubled as in daku-daku, is also the onomatopoeia (imitative word) for the sound of dripping. [7]
Pages in category "Onomatopoeia" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A victim of Chinese water torture at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York A reproduction of a Chinese water torture apparatus at Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Chinese water torture , or use of a dripping machine , [ 1 ] is a mentally painful process in which cold water is slowly dripped onto the scalp, forehead or face for a prolonged ...