kkkkkk kkkkkk.

n.  a clicking of the throat in mock gunfire; see also kkkk kkkk.

<Alex and Graham and TJ playing cowboys and Indians in the living room, bouncing up to shoot, making kkkkkk kkkkkk gun noises in the roofs of their mouths.  —Beth Gutcheon, Still Missing.>

kkkkkkk.

(also kkkkkk, kkkkkkkk.)  n.  the sound of someone mimicking static interference.

<He stepped over the stunned bodies and leaned over the control intercom.  “This is ... kkkkkkk ... we have ... kkkkkkkk ... renegade prisoners ... kkkkkk ... bounty hunter ... kkkkkkk.  Tyrant ... kkkkkk ... immediately.  Over.”  —Steve Barlow, Weaver.>

n.  the “repeated harsh chattering” of the Bull-headed Shrike of Japan, as described in Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes by Tony Harris.


n.  the rapid bill-clapping sound of the Choco Toucan, as described in Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae by Lester L. Short.


n.  the sound of a dead telephone line; see also kkkkk.

<The voice broke up again.  “Oh, Jesus, April—”  Silence.  “April, talk to me.”  “Kkkkkkk.”  The phone went dead.  —Leslie Glass, Tracking Time.>

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