(1577, from L.L., from Gk. onomatopoiia “the making of a name or word” (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios, from onoma (gen. onomatos) “word, name”)

and of course, these are all of the ones everyone has already mentioned. The weird thing is that WE hear these sounds, but different countries have completely different sounds.

(animal sounds:)

woof

arf

bark

bowwow

ruff

rowf

yip

meow

moo

oing

tweet

cheep

chir

chirp

peep

bzzzz

Or maybe some other sounds. Think of the “batman” cartoon (Biff! Bam! Pow!):

tick tock

bang

squeak

bump

thump

etc…

pop

boing

woosh

clang

jingle

jangle

pow

thump

smack

slurp

also animal noises such as “oink” or “cockadoodledoo”

thud

screech

howl

cackle

squelch

zip

buzz

BAMM

SPLOOGE

SQUISH

WHAM

CLICK

QUACK