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n.  a drone “like a[n automatic] dishwasher,” vocalized by someone in the throes of passion, as in the novel Gets No Love Eric Pete.

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(also RRRrrrrrr, RRRRRrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRrrrrrrRRRRRRR.)  n.  the mad snarling of a frustrated dog locked in the backseat of an automobile, as described in Leading with my Chin by Jay Leno.

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(also rrrrrrrrrr.)  n.  the squeal of tires.

<Jerry taught me how to drive a car.  He had an old Ford coupe with a rumble seat in the back and four on the floor.  We would go out driving around McAllen, come to a corner, and I would turn, but you see, it took me a long time to figure out corners.  I would turn but I wouldn’t turn back.  Rrrrrrrrrrr!  Wham, into the ditch.  But I was a determined learner so I kept my foot on the gas.  Rrrrrrrrrr.  Jerry didn’t have the steering wheel to hang onto, so he was bouncing around pretty good and screaming at the top of his lungs, “Turn back, turn around, turn back, turn around!”  —Jim Stowell, Traveling Light: Monologues.>

n.  a growl made by a dog trainer to motivate a learning puppy, as discussed in Building Blocks for Performance by Bobbie Anderson; see rrrrrrrrrr.


n.  a rumble like an earthquake, caused by a spaceship hovering over one’s house in the novel Maximum Warp Book Two: Forever Dark by Dave Galanter.

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