Onomatopoeia

Noun

1. The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
2. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss". A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
3. A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep", or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
4. The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.