BRRRRRRR.

n.  an elephant’s scream of pain.

<The meaty, unmistakable thud of a falling elephant sounded fifty yards away, then the insane, vocal hysteria of the other bull dropped to a chilling, throaty, rattling BRRRRRRR.  —Peter H. Capstick, Safari: The Last Adventure.>

brrrrrrr.

n.  the “brief, downslurred, rapid trill like thumbing comb tines” of the Carolina Wren, as described by Tomm Lorenzin in “Birdsong Mnemonics.”

Brrrrrrr.

n.  the “Official State Motto of Alaska,” according to humorist Dave Barry (Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need).

<It was freezing ... I’m kind of blue.  My lips go, “brrrrrrr,” and they chatter.  —Juliette Lewis, quoted in Stranger than Fiction: True Stories by Chuck Palahniuk.>

brrrrrrr.

n.  the hum of someone’s electrifying personality.

<This guy is good, but he’s like electric.  There’s a bulge in his eye.  Wow!  When he comes into a room, it like lights up.  He’s like “Brrrrrrr!”  —Mark Baker, Cops.>

n.  the purring of a thinking brain, as described in The User’s Manual for the Brain by Bob G. Bodenhamer.

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