n. the sound of a talking vacuum cleaner using the prongs of its electrical plug to jimmy an automobile’s ignition, as in the comic book Vacuum Horror by Aaron K.
kck-kck-kck-ck-kck.
n. an irregular call of the Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan, as described in Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae by Lester L. Short.
kfffk.
n. a sound made by a six-month-old baby, as described in the novel Edwin Mullhouse by Steven Millhauser.
kgkk.
(also klgk.) n. a sound made by a hospitalized person with a tube down his throat, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.
kh-kh-kh.
n. the Arabic expression for sleeping (see zzz), as discussed in Hear! Here! by Michele Slung.
kh-krrrrrk.
n. the “dry croaking” of the Sprosser or Thrush-Nightingale, as described in Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale A. Zimmerman.
kjn.
n. the title of a visual poem by Mike Cannell.
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