Usually means: Sound-imitating word expressing sensory experience.
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  1. ideophone: Merriam-Webster
  2. ideophone: Wordnik
  3. ideophone: Wiktionary
  4. ideophone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. ideophone: Dictionary.com
  6. Ideophone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. ideophone: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ideophone)

noun:  (grammar) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.

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