dzzt.

n.  a sound made by the zikri drum, as described in Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Côte d’Ivoire by Daniel B. Reed.


n.  the electrical buzz of an android or robot malfunctioning, as in The Metallic Touch; see vzzkt.


n.  the sound of a satellite feed disconnecting, as in the graphic novel Dangerous Days by Kat Richardson.

dzzt dzzt.

n.  the erratic, Morse code-like buzzing of electricity.

<The metal contraption was back, and the yellow lightning bolt was flaring and chirping out an erratic sequence: dzzt dzzt ... dzzt dzzt dzzt ... dzzt ... dzzt dzzt ... dzzt dzzt dzzt dzzt ... dzzt ... dzzt dzzt dzzt  ..., like an eerie version of Morse code.  —Jason Earls, “Corpse Machines.”>

n.  the sound of a metallic voice.

<A metallic voice emanated from the first box, “dzzt dzzt ... We have enough.  It’s time to leave ... dzzt.”  —Jason Earls, “Corpse Machines.”>

dzzz.

n.  a “muffled noise, half-screech, half-whimper,” as in the novel Dezra’s Quest by Chris Pierson.

dzzzzr dzzzzr dzzzzr dzzzzr.

n.  the “monotonous” song of the Spotted Bush Warbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.

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