Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 12 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ONOMATOPOEIA.

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Crossword Answer For Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock":

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ONOMATOPOEIA Poetic device identified by a word that phonetically resembles the action it describes, as "tick tock" (12)
5% RHYMING Poetic device (7) The Times Concise Sep 15, 2025
4% VERBS Action words (5) Eugene Sheffer Oct 17, 2025
4% ELBOW Nudge, or the circled words, phonetically (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
4% PEG Identify (3) Eugene Sheffer Oct 6, 2025
4% ADJECTIVE Describing word (9) (9) Mirror Classic Oct 1, 2025
4% NAME Identify (4) Commuter Sep 26, 2025
4% ALA Resembling (3) New York Times Sep 11, 2025
4% NOISE Tick or tock (5) LA Times Daily Apr 24, 2025
4% SECOND A tick or a tock (6) New York Times Apr 9, 2023
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