lốp đốp

Tiếng pháo lốp đốp vang lên trong đêm giao thừa.

Definition

1. Onomatopoeia:
   • A rapid, repetitive cracking or popping sound: The word "lốp đốp" imitates the sound of successive, sharp, and often irregular cracks or pops, such as those made by firecrackers, burning bamboo, or similar sources.

Usage Examples

• Onomatopoeia:
  • Pháo nổ lốp đốp suốt đêm giao thừa. (Firecrackers went pop-pop-pop all night on New Year's Eve.)
  • Nghe tiếng tre nứa lốp đốp trong lửa. (Hear the bamboo crackling pop-pop in the fire.)

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Adverb: Can function adverbially to describe an action accompanied by such sounds.
  • Cành cây khô gãy lốp đốp. (The dry branches broke with a series of cracking sounds.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lộp bộp (onomatopoeia): A similar onomatopoeic word, often describing a softer, wetter series of popping or pattering sounds, like rain on leaves.

Synonyms

• Crackle: to make a series of short, sharp cracking sounds.
• Pop: to make a short, sharp, explosive sound.
• Crepitate: (formal) to make a crackling or popping sound.

Related Idioms

• : To explode or go off with a rapid popping sound. This phrase is often used literally for firecrackers.
  • Bọn trẻ thích pháo nổ lốp đốp. (Children like firecrackers that go bang-bang-bang.)