<Monotonous and raspy “krrk” ... very similar to the sound of the frogs. —Mexico Desconocido Virtual.>
krrk-krrk.
n. the sound of the leaves and branches of a calamansi tree scraping the windows and announcing a monsoon.
<Their insistent krrk-krrk against the steel guards and their shadows on the walls of his room gave them the same power they had had when he was a boy: giant skeleton fingers endeavoring to claim him for the devil. —Han Ong, The Disinherited.>
krrkrr.
n. the creak of a camera shutter opening and closing (PBase.com).
krrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrr.
n. the low roar following a crashing wave.
<Even from behind, the long irregular crack of the waves falling was louder than the Mayor’s shotgun had been. And following the crack was a low roaring krrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrrkrr, that faded away just enough to make the next break noticeable. All the sounds joined together in a fierce trembling boom. —Kim Stanley Robinson, The Wild Shore: Three Californias.>
krrkshlshh.
n. the sound of flesh ripped apart by a sword, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.
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