brrrr.

interj.  an enraged sputtering.

<This sends Smirnov into a tirade against all women—calling them hypocrites, phonies, gossips, scandalmongers, haters, slanderers, liars, petty, fussy, ruthless, and illogical.  “Brrrr!” he sputters, “I’m shaking with fury.”  His rage triggers her anger and they begin to shout insults at each other.  —Helen Fisher, Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love.>

interj.  an expression of revulsion.

<The waiter shuddered.  “Brrrr,” he said.  “I won’t eat that.  It comes from the inside of a cow.”  —Jonathan Gold, Counter Intelligence: Where to Eat in the Real Los Angeles.>

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

<Sarah watched a young assistant perched on a peeling windowsill.  A brrrr sound emerged through his lips and an overgrown, bushy mustache.  —James Patterson, The Midnight Club.>

n.  a distracting thought during meditation.

<Everybody’s got these little “brrrr” thoughts.  They’re like little mosquitoes buzzing around.  —Ram Dass, The Only Dance There Is.>

n.  a soft alarm tone, more a vibration than a ringing.

<The cleverly constructed alarm, which had two tones, loud and soft, went brrrr, softly; and her prayer had been turned down.  —Cornell Woolrich, Rendezvous in Black.>

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