brhnnnh.

n.  a grunt in the Wookie language of the Star Wars films, as transcribed in the book Return of the Jedi by James Kahn.

brk.

n.  the creak of a spiral horn boring through a wall, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 3 by Junji Ito.

brnnk.

n.  the sound of a tap on a computer keyboard, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz; see also chhg.

brr.

interj.  an expression that the temperature is uncomfortably cold; see also br, brrr, brrrr, brrrrrrr, brrrrrrrr, rrr, rrrrr.

<Brr!  Hubble sees coldest spot in cosmos.  —Richard Stenger, CNN.>

n.  the persistent hum of television static; white noise, like ocean waves; a tinnitus-like roaring in the inner ear.

<This brr was starting in my head like the noise the telly used to make if you fell asleep at night watching it.  —Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy.>

brr-grr.

n.  animal-like growls in the short story “The Birthday of the World” by Ursula K. Le Guin.

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