rrrrrr.

n.  the vicious growl of a big dog.

<I open my door and turn on the light and just after I flick on the switch and take a few steps, I hear “rrrrrr.”  And there, in the middle of my room, snarling and slobbering and growling at me, is this monster dog.  —Jayson Williams, Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA.>

n.  the whine of a prison siren, as described in the novel The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake; a sheriff’s siren, as described in Tales of Beatnik Glory by Ed Sanders; see also rrrrr rrrrr, RRRRRR.


v.  to go wild, like an animal.

<I enjoy life, and I make a game out of everything. ... I like to “Rrrrrr” and take off running around the house, chasing my sister.  —Minnie Bell, Savannah Dogs.>

v.  to roar like a lion.

<Beodan caressed her from behind, beneath her skirt, and said something Josserek couldn't follow either, but which made her go “Rrrrrr” like a happy lioness.  Yes, I've read, I've been told, the man from Killimaraich remembered, kindred here make their own slang, generation by generation till a private dialect has turned into an entire language never shared with those who are not of the blood.  —Poul Anderson, The Winter of the World.>

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