Onomatopoeia in Nature

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An onomatopoeia is a word that mimics the sound it names. For example, "The acorn plopped into the puddle." Typically, we associate plopping with raindrops. In this instance, we're using onomatopoeia to show the acorn is imitating that sound.
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An onomatopoeia is a word that mimics the sound it names. For example, "The acorn plopped into the puddle." Typically, we associate plopping with raindrops. In this instance, we're using onomatopoeia to show the acorn is imitating that sound.
Ducks quack loudly as they splash across the pond.
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Ducks quack loudly as they splash across the pond.
pitter-patter is the sound of light rapid taps or pats, as of raindrops
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The rain pitter-pattered on the roof.
Lightning crackles and thunder rumbles through the night.
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Lightning crackles and thunder rumbles through the night.
flump means to fall heavily with a dull thudding noise
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The boulder hit the ground with a flump.
When something thin and dry rustles or when you rustle it, it makes soft sounds as it moves.
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The leaves rustled in the wind
If something crashes somewhere, it moves and hits something else violently, making a loud noise.
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The waves crashed against the rocks.
Snap means to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound.
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The hail snapped small branches off the trees.
Woosh, is to move along quickly, making a soft sound like the wind
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The wind whooshed through the trees.
When the wind howls, it blows hard and makes a long loud noise.
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The wind howled all night, but I slept a little.
gurgle means to make a bubbling sound like water flowing over an uneven surface
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Outside of her window the stream gurgled over the rocks.
When water laps the shore, it touches it gently making a soft quiet sound
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the waves gently lapped the shore
When birds or monkeys chatter, they make a series of short high sounds.
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The only sounds we could hear were the birds chattering in the trees.
Scrunch means to make a loud sound like the one that is made when you walk on gravel.
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The snow scrunched underfoot.
colonialism
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The practice by which a powerful country controls another country or other countries
The history of tobacco growing is intimately associated with colonialism and slavery.

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