br.

interj.  a short expression that the temperature is uncomfortably cold; see also brr, brrr, brrrr, brrrrrrr, brrrrrrrr, rrr, rrrrr.

<Br... It’s cold outside and inside.  My guess is the temperature is negative three degrees Celsius.  I bet if it were to rain, it would snow.  It’s that cold—or so I feel that cold.  —JakeTWake.com.>

br r r r r r r.

n.  the “faint, upward-inflected, froglike trill” of the Cinnamon Ground-Dove, as described in Birds of New Guinea by Bruce M. Beehler.

br-r-r-r-rt.

n.  the popping of shirt snaps, as when yanked apart (Colin Berry, “Shattered”).

br-r-r-rmmm.

n.  the singing style of Louis Armstrong.

<[Billie Holiday would] do that Louis br-r-r-rmmm kind of thing, and she’d do her own thing right behind it.  Louis would be her kick-off kind of thing.  —Mae Barnes, quoted in Billie Holiday: Wishing on the Moon by Donald Clarke.>

BR-rrr-BR-rrrrrrr.

n.  a motorcycle sound.

<Toby came barreling down the sidewalk on his Big Wheel, making motorcycle sounds with his mouth.  BR-rrr-BR-rrrrrrr.  —Jamie Gilson, Hobie Hanson, You’re Weird.>

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