RRRRRRR.

interj.  a pirate’s growl, as described in The History Teacher’s Really Bad Joke Book by Richard Di Giancomo.

rrrrrrr.

n.  a “canary-like whistled trill” of the Cameroon Indigobird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey; the rough, aggressive call of the Yellow-rumped Cacique, as described in New World Blackbirds by Alvaro Jaramillo; the “soft purring rolling” call of the Cream-bellied Fruit-dove, as described in A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines by Robert S. Kennedy.


n.  a growl of excitement; see also RRRRRRR.

<So how to put the rrrrrrr back in your romance?  In three words: variety, variety, variety.  —Jane Seddon, Daily Sex: 365 Positions and Activities for a Year of Great Sex!>

RRRRRRR.

n.  a growl of excitement; see also rrrrrrr.

<“That man is sexy.  Look at those broad shoulders and those teeth!  RRRRRRR ... I’ll tear him up!” he says, joking around.  —Maryann Reid, Sex and the Single Sister: Five Novellas.>

rrrrrrr.

n.  a mocking imitation, likening someone’s speech to the buzz of an annoying insect.

<He makes the noises “Rrrrrrr” and “Aaaaaaa” to imitate Glennon, as if he’d heard his words as nothing more than the buzzing of an overwrought insect inviting a swatting.  —Philip Gourevitch, A Cold Case.>

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