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n.  the sound of grumbling about Laramie, Wyoming, as in The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman.


grrr-grrr grrr-grrr.
n.  the sound of a güiro, a musical instrument made from a hollowed gourd with carved slashes on the sides and played by “scraping the slashes with a metal fork” (Marisa Montes, A Crazy, Mixed-Up Spanglish Day).


Grrr-Grrr-Grrr-Grrr-Grrr.
n.  the growl of a baby grizzly bear, as described in Complete Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Games and Activities for Young Children by Jean R. Feldman.


GRRR-rrr GRRR-RRR.
n.  the roar of a hungry lion, as described in Creative Bible Teaching by Lawrence O. Richards and Gary J. Bredfeldt.


grrr-rrrr.
n.  the emotional growl of someone feeling a “natural reaction to fight back,” as discussed in Shacking Up: The Smart Girl’s Guide to Living in Sin Without Getting Burned by Stacy Whitman and Wynne Whitman.



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