n. the “monotonously repeated song, even through the heat of the day, a high insectlike buzz” of the Yellow-Browed Sparrow, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Columbia by Steven L. Hilty.
zzzzzzz kkkkkkk szzzzz.
n. the crackle of a lightning bolt.
<He raised his elbow blades into position and slashed the wire. Zzzzzzz. Kkkkkkk. Zzzzzz. A blue flash! A visible charge of controlled lightning arced from the wires to [him]. He shook and trembled in the grisly grips of electrocution. —K.A. Applegate, Animorphs #33: The Illusion.>
zzzzzzzz/jjjjj.
n. an “enlivening” sound explored in “Continuum” therapy.
<Ten minutes of exploring with the sound zzzzzzzz/jjjjj stimulated a series of sensations that increased the acuity of both my vision and hearing. As a result, I felt more alive. This aliveness altered my sense of self as deeply as did interpretation and insight. —Don Hanlon Johnson, The Body in Psychotherapy: Inquiries in Somatic Psychology.>
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