krrrmchh.

n.  the crunch of wadded paper, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.

krrrrk.

n.  the cracking of a plastic utensil.

<Krrrrk! my plastic fork breaks with a little pressure on the cold, hard cucumber.  —Dirk Holger, I Hate Junk Food: A Satire and Other Short Pieces.>

n.  the sound of a “jagged crack” appearing “from floor to ceiling,” as in the novel The Knights of Silversnow by Tony Abbott.


n.  the sound of cracking stone.

<Finally, they reached the shore.  Krrrk!  The giant white cliff above them began to split.  —Tony Abbott, The Mysterious Island.>

krrrrrk.

n.  the cracking sound of an electrical shock (as felt in one’s head during a seizure); see also krrrrrrrrk.

<[I] had another attack: a big crack in my head, the same krrrrrk of static, a flash.  —Chris Ryan, The One That Got Away.> ul 1.  krrrrrrk.  n.  the rasping call of the African Jacana, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair.

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