n. an involuntary shiver of fear, as in response to a tarantula.
<I don’t think anyone could ever forget a creature like that. Those hairy legs: brrrr! —Darren Shan, A Living Nightmare.>
n. the rumble of a toy truck’s engine.
<Ava prefers Chandler’s trucks; she makes a brrrr sound and moves them across the floor. —Elizabeth Cohen, The Family on Beartown Road: A Memoir of Love and Courage.>
brrrr brrrr brrrr.
n. the repetitive sound of gunfire from a warplane.
<We were in a convoy of trucks heading out of town. I heard a “brrrr” “brrrr” “brrrr” noise and I looked up and saw the telephone wires parting and coming down on the ground. I knew what was happening then. All of a sudden a Spitfire [British fighter] went zipping by. —Patrick K. O’Donnell, Beyond Valor: World War II’s Ranger and Airborne Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat.>
brrrr rrrrr rrrr.
n. the ringing of a telephone.
<At 3:25 Sally gets a call at her extension. Brrrr, rrrrr, rrrr! —Glenn Beck, The Real America: Messages From The Heart and Heartland.>
brrrr.rrrr.
n. the ringing of the “bail out bell” of a fighter aircraft just before it blows up or crashes, as described in The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It by Gerald Astor.
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