rrrrrr.

n.  the buzzing of a vibrator.

<“So I had this vibrator.”  June held her hands apart to indicate a magic wand approximately the size of a Saturn moon rocket.  “Rrrrrr!  You could probably hear it in Belgium.  When I’d use it the whole house would shake.”  —Lindsy Van Gelder, The Girls Next Door.>

n.  the deep, throaty growl of a leopard, as described in A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer.


n.  the growling of a dog, as described by Leda Mesen in Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch.

RRRRRR.

n.  the howl of a police siren; see also rrrrr rrrrr, rrrrrr.

<Eighty-five becomes ninety miles per hour, as the traffic is a bit lighter here.  RRRRRR.  Closing my eye for a brief second I hear the sirens.  Taking my eyes off the road I see them, not one, but two cars chasing me.  —Tony Callan, Fragments of a Circle.>

rrrrrr.

n.  the menacing snarl of a mugger.

<I hustled down the last alley on the estate, in the shadow of gigantic hedges.  “Rrrrrr!”  A knife leapt out of the dark, glinting for a split second under a dim yellow light.  Behind it, a horrible smile slithered over the face of a man with gappy teeth and long hair.  —Andrea Ashworth, Once in a House on Fire.>

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