krrkshlshh.

n.  the sound of flesh ripped apart by a sword, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.

krrnch.

n.  the crunching sound of a crash.

<KRRNCH!  The automobile was crushed flat in one clean motion as a huge metal foot burst from the smokescreen, and Asuka gasped as a massive cockpit nose pushed forth into view.  —Black Dragon, “Guardian: A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction.”>

krrr.

(also krr.)  n.  an impatient mutter, as in the story “Potch” by Leo Rosten (anthologized in A Passion for Books: A Book Lover’s Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books by Harold Rabinowitz).


n.  the call of the Spot-Winged Grosbeak, rattling like a “shaken, near-empty matchbox,” as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon; the quiet alarm call of the green-headed Knysna Turaco bird, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair.

krrr krrr.

n.  the sharp call of the Aquatic Warbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey.

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