Word: onomatopoeia
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...TIME'S ear for onomatopoeia it seems that the difference between "chaunking" and "chomping" lies in whether the apple-eater keeps his lips open or shut during mastication. Polite, Ambassador Edge chomps, with lips shut.- ED. Jump Gadgets Sirs...
Some years ago Edgar Allen Poe, intrigued by a tinkling sound, burst forth in sundry verses of ecstatic onomatopoeia signifying his rapturous delight in "The Bells". Mr. Poe, an authority on bellish noises, expressed supreme content with all sorts of bells--bells that tintinabulated, bells that gushed voluminous euphony, and even brazen alarum bells that shrieked...
...Porta Portese" tells an interesting historical anecdote of pagan Rome. We have already noted a peculiar characteristic of the poetry of Mr. Baker, that of tone. It is here again noticeable. There seems to be a dull hush falling on the lines which serves the purpose of a true onomatopoeia...
...ROAST PIG.(a) Explain the use of Onomatopoeia in the formation of the principal parts of pigo, pigere, squeali, gruntum...