n. a typical sound made by a baby attempting to talk, as discussed in Wonder Weeks: How to Turn Your Baby’s 8 Great Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward by Hetty Vanderijt.
prrrp-prrrp.
n. the ringing call of the Dark-necked Tailorbird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.
prrrrp.
n. a roar of steam from a fog horn, as if the fog horn were clearing its throat to speak.
<“Prrrrp! It’s a trifle windy up here; and, Great Boilers! how it rains!” —Rudyard Kipling, “The Ship That Found Herself.”>
prrrrrrt.
n. the muffled call of the Grey-Backed Cisticola bird, as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair.
prrrrt.
n. the “spluttering trilled” call of the Ashy Tailorbird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.
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