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n.  the sound of an automobile engine, as described in the story “Half Past Four” by Ursula K. Le Guin (Unlocking the Air: Stories).

rrrrrr.

(also rrrrr.)  n.  a squirrel’s chatter, as in the novel Marlfox by Brian Jacques.


interj.  a growl of seething anger, as when curse words fail one.

<“Rrrrrr,” said Emerson.  “You vile, contemptible old ...” Words failed him.  In fact I was sure they did not, for they seldom did, but the words he would like to have employed were too inflammatory for my ears, much less those of an innocent child.  For all his bravado, Kalaan was not willing to risk the wrath of the Father of Curses.  —Elizabeth Peters, The Falcon at the Portal: An Amelia Peabody Mystery.>

interj.  a sound to fill an awkward pause in conversation, meaning, “oops, sorry ... let’s change the subject” (Cydney Rax, My Daughter’s Boyfriend: A Novel).


interj.  an expression of hunger in Ulysses by James Joyce.

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n.  a “masculine growl” of desire, as in the novel War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk.

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n.  a growl of mock anger, as said with squeezed fists and bared teeth in Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories by Thom Jones.

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