rrrrrrr.

n.  the rapid rattle, “like a fast electric sewing machine,” of the Sombre (or Dusky) Nightjar, as described in Birds of Western and Central Africa by Ber van Perlo.


n.  the screech of braking tires.

<Rrrrrrr!  Tires screeched in protest as the wagon locked up all fours, leaving skid marks in its wake as the Duster shot by with inches to spare.  —Danny Rolling, The Making of a Serial Killer: The Real Story of the Gainesville Student Murders in the Killer’s Own Words.>

RRRRRRR.

n.  the sound of “power metal” music by the band Metallica; see also rrrrrrr.

<He put this tape on of a band going “RRRRRRR!”  I thought, “What the hell is this?”  Of course it was Metallica.  —Ian Christe, Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.>

rrrrrrr.

n.  the sound of a jeep’s engine.

<George was helping John move some blocks the next morning when a jeep’s growing rrrrrrr caught their attention.  —Gregory Benford, Artifact.>

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