Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it means. Take chef here, he needs to wash up. But instead he is going to smash all the crockery in his kitchen. SMASH against the ceiling! That is ...
In primary school grammar class we learned about onomatopoeia which are sound words … words that sound like the thing to which they refer. I often find onomatopoeia in poetry (e.g. Twas the night ...