An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).
The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
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.