imitative
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imitative /ˈɪmɪtətɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 following a model.
- 2 (of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob).
– derivatives
imitatively adverb,
imitativeness noun.
imitatively adverb,
imitativeness noun.
'imitative' also found in these Oxford entries:
ai
- Alexandrian
- baa
- babe
- baby
- bananaquit
- bang
- bash
- bawl
- bay
- bebop
- beep
- belch
- biff
- birl
- blab
- blare
- bleat
- bleep
- bling
- blip
- bloop
- blurt
- bluster
- bobolink
- bobwhite
- boff
- bokmakierie
- bomb
- bong
- bonk
- boo
- boobook owl
- boohoo
- boom
- bop
- bounce
- bourdon
- brawl
- brouhaha
- bubble
- buffer
- bulbul
- bump
- burble
- burp
- burr
- buzz
- cackle
- caterwaul
