fshhh.

n.  the sound of a flammable liquid igniting.

<Loxie takes out a whiskey hip flask, but it’s not filled with whiskey.  Loxie goes, “Alright, now, smell it,” as he pours the gasoline on the terrified Hoff, “light a match and ‘fshhh!’” and he holds the lighted match up to him.  —a review of the television show “The Untouchables” (episode 5) on TVtome.com.>

n.  the sound of a zombie’s foot scuffing the floor, as in Jason Maiden’s review of the video game “Resident Evil” (GamePartisan.com).


n.  the sound of an airplane engine, as in the album “At the Drop of Another Hat” by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.


n.  the sound of nitrogen escaping through a tear in a balloon, as in 20th Century Boys Vol. 8 by Naoki Urasawa.

fshhh fshhh fshhh.

n.  the brushing sound of a broom.

<It was not uncommon to be awakened in the middle of the night to the fshhh, fshhh, fshhh sound of Agnes sweeping the hallway runner, the living room rug or the walls themselves.  —Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors: A Memoir.>

fshhhhh.

n.  the sound of water pouring from a faucet, as in the story “Saffron Transforms” by Rumiko Takahashi.

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