brrrrrrrr.

n.  the sound of an angel “corkscrewing through the air, horizontally, feet first” (Sophy Burnham, A Book of Angels).


n.  the sound of someone “speaking in tongues” during a religious service.

<I knew it was the pastor and his wife behind us.  I just knew it.  And they were praying, and I heard her go “brrrrrrrr.”  And I’m like, They expect me to believe that’s tongues?  —Vaughn Sills, One Family.>

n.  the sound of someone shaking water out of his ears after crawling out from under a waterfall, as in Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman.

brrrrrrrrt.

n.  the rapid fire of a machine gun, as in the comic book Punisher #98 by Rod Whigham.

brrrt.

n.  a mobile phone ringing.

<Brrrt-brrrt, brrrt-brrrt.  Gosh who could that be?  —Guide to Balloons and Ballooning.>

n.  the “low-pitched, gurgling” call of the Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird, as described in Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity by Bruce Bagemihl.


n.  the short, harsh call of the Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Panama by Robert S. Ridgely.

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