brrp-brrp-brrp.

n.  the “quick cackling” of the Streaked Wren-Warbler, as described in The Book of Indian Birds by Salim Ali.

brrr.

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

<Brrr—sunrise is too cold for me, even in the summer.  Give me sunsets!  —Rob Brezsny.>

interj.  an indication of an involuntary shudder.

<Brrr.  Even the thought of going underground made Old Bailey shudder.  —Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere.>

n.  a typical sound made by a baby attempting to talk, as discussed in Wonder Weeks: How to Turn Your Baby’s 8 Great Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward by Hetty Vanderijt.


n.  the whirring of an instant camera motor.

<Andy [Warhol] would come with his Polaroid and sit there at the table.  Everybody was carrying on and he’d say nothing, but periodically he goes brrr with the machine and then this long thing comes out eeeee.  I always thought it was just like sticking his tongue out at the company.  Puking on them in a way.  —Victor Bockris, Warhol: The Biography.>

brrr brrr.

n.  the ringing of a telephone, as in the graphic novel Code Name Nod by Geoff Harrold; see also brrr brrrr.

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