hrrrrr.

n.  the raspy voice of a dog attempting to make human sounds, as in the novel Eternity’s End by Jeffrey Carver.

hrrrrrmph.

n.  a euphemistic slur describing a thief.

<I jest turns me back and that there young ... hrrrrrmph ... was stuffin’ it in ‘is marf.  —Desmond Flowers, The War, 1939-1945: A Documentary History.>

hrrrssh.

n.  Godzilla’s scream, as transcribed in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.

hrrt hrrt hrrt.

n.  the dry rattling alarm call of the Wedge-Billed Wren Babbler, as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon.

hsh.

interj.  hush.

<“Hsh.  It is neither bullock nor buck he hunts tonight,” said Mother Wolf.  “It is Man.”  —Ruyard Kipling, Jungle Book.>

hshbwns.

n.  hashbrowns, as muttered by someone with a toothbrush in his mouth.

<“What do you want with your eggs, Bill?”  “Hshbwns.”  “Duly noted.  Now go spit, you look rabid.”  —Anonymous, “Infinity’s Descent.”>

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