nnnn nnnn.

n.  a “faint droning sound in the distance,” like a motor, as in the novel The Golden Wasp by Tony Abbott.


n.  the frantic grunts of someone gagged with “a child’s rubber ball with a rope punched through its middle” (Donn Cortez, The Closer).

nnnn nnnn nnnn.

n.  the murmurs of a puppy.

<“Dear Jesus, thank you for the food, and thank ...”  From her little brother come little puppylike noises, “Nnnn ... Nnnn ... Nnnn ...”  “Aaron!  Now I have to start over,” she says in a very annoyed tone.  —Keri Wyatt Kent, God’s Whisper in a Mother’s Chaos: Bringing Peace Home.>

nnnn nnnnnn.

n.  low moans of labored breathing.

<She reached out, got hold of his wrist with her floury hand.  “Nnnn.  Nnnnnn.”  She was breathing in short bursts, her face a deathly grey.  —Peter James, The Truth.>

nnnn-hmm.

adv.  an emphatic no.

<We ain’t gonna sleep.  Nnnn-hmm.  We gamble right through the night.  —David Cohen, Chasing the Red, White, and Blue.>

nnnng bssss.

n.  the reverberations of a guitar, as described by the band Backwash in a Bandorama interview.

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