ah-nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh · noun
onomatopoeia
The naming of a thing or action by a word that imitates its sound.
Where the word comes from
From Greek onomatopoiia, “word-making,” from onoma (“name”) and poiein (“to make”).
In a sentence
“The comic book filled the quiet panel with a sudden “kerplunk!””