krrrrrrnk.

n.  the screeching sound of a straining hinge.

<Krrrrrrnk!  The mechanisms that kept the canopy shut were overcome, and the hinges to the canopy screeched in protest as they were forced open.  —Black Dragon, “Guardian: A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction.”>

krrrrrrrrk.

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

<[I] felt what I can only describe as a huge electric shock.  I heard a noise like a ferocious short-circuit—krrrrrrrrk—and when I looked down at my hands, there was a big white flash.  —Chris Ryan, The One That Got Away.>

krrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr.

n.  the cry of the Winding Cisticola bird.

<Song of amphilectus [is] a dry creaking trill, likened to winding a clock; somewhat insect-like and quite prolonged, krrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr.  —Dale A. Zimmerman, Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania.>

krrshh.

n.  the sound of a car crashing, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.

krrw.

n.  the call of the Yellow-Rumped Tinkerbird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey; see also kkkkkk.

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