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- p-KKkkkkkkkk.
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(also p-KKkkkkkkkkk.) n. the sound of “waves breaking,” as in the novel The Wild Shore: Three Californias by Kim Stanley Robinson.

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n. the patter of cat feet, as described in Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch.

- Pb-pb-b-b-b.
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n. the sound that powers a miniature motorcycle.

 | <Next he inhaled deeply and with a Pb-pb-b-b-b sound, the only sound that will make a miniature motor-cycle go, sped out from under the television set and across the carpet. Pb-pb-b-b-b! Ralph rode across the lobby. —Beverly Clearly, Runaway Ralph.> |
- pbbbtt.
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n. the sound of a sudden expectoration, as upon being surprised while sipping tea in the graphic novel Flipside by Brion Foulke.

- pf.
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n. the whimper at the end of the world.

 | <If he escapes ... the world is over. Pf!, like that. —Neil Gaiman, American Gods.> |
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