nnnn.

n.  the moan of a dead body reanimated by a wizard; see also nn.

<“Nnnn,” said the pickled head.  A spurt of bile came from the mouth, and then all went slack again.  —Orson Scott Card, Hart’s Hope.>

NNnn.

n.  the sound of someone’s neck breaking, as sung by the band Phish in the song “My Life as a Pez” (Mockingbird Foundation, The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and Their Music, Second Edition).

nnnn.

n.  the sound of the letter n, as described in the novel The Binding Chair: or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society by Kathryn Harrison; see also nnn, NNNN, nnnnn, nnnnnn, nnnnnnn.

<I asked about the nnnn sound in dragon.  —Peggy Kaye, Games for Learning: Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child Do Well in School, from Kindergarten to Third Grade.>

NNNN.

n.  the sound of the letter n; see also nnn, nnnn, nnnnn, nnnnnn, nnnnnnn.

<Besides being an essential part of creating vocal harmonics, this NNNN sound, incidentally, can help open your sinus passageways if you have a cold.  —Jonathan Goldman, Tantra of Sound: How to Enhance Intimacy With Sound.>

nnnn hnn.

interj.  a sound indicating that one is thinking, as in the novel Poison by Kathryn Harrison.

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