rrrrrr.

v.  to roll the “Russian ‘R.’”

<Courses in English—“the language of the imperialists”—were suspended for a period of time, and students “Rrrrrr-ed” their way into foreign language classes (most Chinese, including myself, find the rolling Russian “R” hard to pronounce).  —Chen Chen, Come Watch the Sun Go Home: A Memoir of Upheaval and Revolution in China.>

rrrrrr rrrrr.

n.  the creak of a flashlight’s hand pump.

<From outside came a rrrrrr rrrrr sound as Autumn passed under the thatch eaves.  Inseat of batteries, her flashlight had a hand pump like a flour sifter.  —Lady Borton, After Sorrow: An American Among the Vietnamese.>

rrrrrr rrrrr rrrr rrrr.

n.  the “rolling trill” of the Golden-naped Barbet, “gradually decreasing in note,” as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali by John Ramsay MacKinnon.

rrrrrr rrrrr rrrrrrrr.

n.  the growling of dogs, as in The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales by Diane Wolkstein.

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