drrr-drr.

(also drr-drr.)  n.  an automobile sound.

<He grabbed hold of the lower end of the steering wheel and swung it this way and that, making motor-car noises as he did so: “Drrr-drr, drr-drr.”  —David Davidar, The House of Blue Mangoes: A Novel.>

drrrp.

n.  a hen’s call for her chicks to feed.

<[I]f the food is all right, she says, “Drrrp, drrrp, drrrp,” in a higher pitch, and they all come and eat.  —Minnie Rose Lovgreen, Minnie Rose Lovgreen’s Recipe for Raising Chickens.>

drrrrrrrrrrrr.

n.  the dry purr (with emphasis on the d) of the Desert Warbler, as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon.

drrt.

n.  the dry, gravelly call (sometimes delivered in a series) of the Sand Martin, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Panama by Robert S. Ridgely.

dth.

n.  an expression of dread.

<Dth, dth, dth!  Three days imagine groaning on a bed with a vinegared handkerchief round her forehead, her belly swollen out!  —James Joyce, Ulysses.>

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