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n. the sound of a scratched record (“a sound now so rare [it] might make people jump with recognition”), as sung by Missy Elliott and transcribed in We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women in Rock by Gerri Hirshey; see also kkkkkkkkk ktkkt, kkkkkkkk.

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n. a loud, harsh crackling; the sound of a crack forming in ice.

 | <Suddenly, kkkk! A crack appeared in the ice. —Tony Abbott, The Golden Wasp.> |
n. a stuttered expression, as in A Fish Called Wanda: The Screenplay by John Cleese.

n. the “rattling sound” of the Plate-billed Mountain-toucan, “likely made by the tongue against the ramphotheca,” as described in Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae by Lester L. Short; see also dddd, tttt.

n. the crackle of a bolt of light, as in the novel The Great Ice Battle by Tony Abbott.

n. the sound of “a spray of sparks,” as in the novel Voyage of the Jaffa Wind by Tony Abbott.

n. the sound of a robot malfunctioning after a bad fall, as in the graphic novella Hearts and Minds by Scott McCloud.

n. the sound of a vision flaring in one’s mind.

 | <Kkkk! The silvery light flared, then faded, and the vision was over. —Tony Abbott, The Knights of Silversnow.> |
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