nnnggghh.

n.  the sound of being suddenly caught in a powerful stranglehold, as in the comic book Ultimate Spider-Man #21 by Mark Bagley and Art Thibert.

nnngh.

(also nnnnnnngh.)  n.  a groan of pain, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.


adv.  no, as in the novel The Virginia City Trail by Ralph Compton.


interj.  a cry of pain, as from an electric ray aimed at one’s head in the novel W.I.T.C.H. Chapter Book: Out of the Dark by Disney Enterprises.


interj.  a groan of exertion, as when one is “tugging violently” on large boards nailed across a doorway in the novel Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd by Mark Crilley.


interj.  a whimper of confusion.

<“Where’s Hal?” Joe demanded.  “Nnngh.”  She shook her head uncomprehendingly.  She didn’t know what Joe was talking about, he saw.  —Jon A. Jackson, Hit on the House.>

n.  a moan upon waking from a deep sleep, as in Yesterday by Roland Lowery.

NNNH.

interj.  a cry of anguish, as discussed in Eloquence in Trouble: The Poetics and Politics of Complaint in Rural Bangladesh by James M. Wilce.

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