Onomatopoeia ...

[naz_nomad]

what's your favourite onomatopoeia ... that is, a word that sounds like the thing it's describing, like BOOM, or BANG?

[naz_nomad]

forgot to include ... mine's SQUISH

[heathfield]

Didgeridoo.

[Nummy]

ooze

but i do like squish

:o)

[JudgeJ]

cuckoo

[JudgeJ]

By the way, I do not think either �ooze� or �didgeridoo� are onomatopoeic.

When something oozes from somewhere, it does not make a sound like �ooze�. And, having heard a didgeridoo played, I don�t think the sound it produced was anything like �didgeridoo�. Is there some confusion with the meaning of this word?

[CiderMonkey]

mines... plop!

[naz_nomad]

judgej ... i can see that didgeridoo is not properly onomatopoeic, but I know what heathfield was getting at ...

[tictactoe]

Splat !!

[mycats]

fizzle

[Snowy Owl]

Whoosh.

[maximo]

wheeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz!

[chakka35]

Splash, hoot, screech, splatter, crunch, squash, bubble, tinkle, gurgle, splutter, smash...my favourite is 'slurp'.

[Plocket]

blob!

[barniclebill]

I know it's a bit childish but nobody's mentioned "Burp" or "Fart" so I think I'd better had!