onomatopoetic

adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: {onomatopoeic}]

2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;

"onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was

independently developed in more than one place as an

onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: {echoic}, {imitative},

{onomatopoeic}, {onomatopoeical}] [ant: {nonechoic}]