kkkkkkkk.

n.  the sound of white noise.

<White noise, more white noise, more white noise.  He tries the AM bands, then the FM.  Nothing.  Just that sound, like the sound of starlight scratching its way through outer space: kkkkkkkk.  —Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake.>

KKKKKKKK-K-K.

n.  a series of clicking sounds made by the Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Barbary Shrike), as described in Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes by Tony Harris.

<“Kkkkkkkkk,” exclaimed Eddy, exulting in his new skill, jumping up to reach for another branch still higher in the tree.  “Kkkkkkkkk.”  —Jane Langton, The Astonishing Stereoscope.>

kkkkkkkkk ktkkt.

n.  the sound of a scratched record sung by Missy Elliott to serve as “a recovered rock memory” and used to “short-circuit the normal pop expectations,” as discussed in We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women in Rock by Gerri Hirshey; see also kkkdttttkkkk, kkkkkkkk.

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