chkk.

n.  the sound of a knock at the door, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.

chkk chkk.

n.  the sound of grasshoppers hopping through the grass, as in the poem “Hopper-Grass” by Cao-chong, translated by Ezra Pound (Classical Chinese Literature).

chnk.

n.  the sound of clashing swords, as in a great battle described in the novel The Iron Tower by Dennis L. McKiernan.

chp.

n.  one of the “golden sounds of early morning,” the chirp of the Rufous hummingbird, as described in Hummingbirds by Nancy L. Newfield.

chr.

n.  the title of a visual poem by Mike Cannell.

chr’r’r’r’r’r.

n.  the trilling call of the yellow-eyed babbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.

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