Okay, I know the word’s hard to spell, but the meaning’s clear enough. It’s when the sound of a word suggests the very thing the word represents. There are actually lyrics. I wrote the song to help kids – and adults- better understand the concept of “onomatopoeia”. (Sorry for the groaner at the very end.) You’ll just have to come up with your own melody.

 
Drop a stone in the water and it goes PLOP – That’s Onomatopoeia
When you burst a balloon and it goes POP – That’s Onomatopoeia
When a horse trots along it goes clippetty clop – That’s Onomatopoeia
Like a snake saying HISS or a cow saying MOO
And a dog going WOOF – that’s another one too
If a sound sounds like a word to you that’s Onomatopoeia
If you hear an explosion make a sound like a BOOM – That’s Onomatopoeia
And the swish swish swish of a sweeping broom – That’s Onomatopoeia
If someone sucks a straw and you hear a SLURP – That’s Onomatopoeia
When you hit a ball you hear a WHACK
Or you hear a little duck saying Quack QUACK QUACK
Or a train that’s going Clackety Clack
That’s Onomatopoeia
If a bird flies down and it goes WHOOSH – That’s Onomatopoeia
If someone starts whispering, and then says SHOOSH – That’s Onomatopoeia
If you hear a a bell and it goes DING DONG – That’s Onomatopoeia
Yes Moo and Hiss and Swish and Quack
Pop and plop and GLUG GLUG GLUG
And of you’re standing on a wharf or sitting on a rug
That’s on a MAT or PIER.