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gnrrr.
n.  a groan of exertion, as when pulling oneself out from under a pile of office boxes in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.


n.  a growl of exasperation, as in the novel Boobytrap: A “Nameless Detective” Novel by Bill Pronzini.


gr jrkdg.
n.  the title of a visual poem by Mike Cannell.


gr-r-r-r-r-rrrrrrr.
n.  a tiger’s growl.

<Presently he heard a horrible noise that sounded like “Gr-r-r-r-r-rrrrrrr,” and it got louder and louder.  “Oh! dear!” said Little Babaji, “there are all the Tiger coming baack to eat me up!”  —Helen Bannerman, The Story of Little Babaji.>

grk.
n.  the sound of pulling up a block of earth, as in the comic “Bunny anb Rasputin #8” [sic] by H.J. Hornbeck.


grmm.
n.  a stomach growling with hunger, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 3 by Junji Ito.



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