(also ksshhh.) n. the buzz of all “races and creeds” dancing together in a Conga line while under the influence of the drug Ecstasy, as described by Shane McGowan (quoted in The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music by Nick Kent).
kssshhhh.
n. the sound of a slashing knife, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.
n. the sound of flesh ripped apart by a sword, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.
kssss.
n. the “weak and high-pitched” voice of the Little Red Lorikeet (Fairy Lorikeet), as described in A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia by Morten Strange.
n. the crack of a bullwhip; see also ksss-ksss, ksssSSSsss.
<Another kssss an’ the boy Kona was felled. —David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas: A Novel.>
ksssshhhh.
n. television static, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.
kssssss.
n. the hiss of flesh burned by a hot spike, as in Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell.
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