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fshhhhhhhhh.
n.  the sound of burning rocket jets.

<Fshhhhhhhhh.  The sound of rocket jets burning overhead reached the transport.  —Black Dragon, “Guardian: A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction.”>

fshht.
n.  the hiss of pistol’s silencer.

<“Fshht!  There must be a more pleasant experience than smelling gunpowder after the diminutive hiss of a pistol’s silencer, but I don't know what it might be.  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  Fshht!  There was no more sign of the enemy. —David Glenn Rinehart, “Reconnaissance Report.”>

n.  the rush of water.

<When I got on the hospital ship they just took a knife and, fshht, about a gallon of water come out of ‘em.  —Kathryn Rhett, Survival Stories: Memoirs of Crisis.>

n.  the sound of a ruffled dress brushing across the floor.

<She had bought a pink taffeta dress with a mass of ruffles across the front.  It made a nice, comforting fshht, fshht sound as she moved.  —Road Dog, Trudy: A 50’s Romance.>

fshsqbpt.
n.  the sound of shaving cream hissing and foaming from a can, as in the comic book Schizo #2 by Ivan Brunetti.


fshzt.
n.  the sound of electrical interference, as in “Evolutions” by Travis Hogbin.



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