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n.  the contented croak of a parrot.

<I’d pet his forehead and stroke his feathers and he’d say, “Rrrrrrrrrrr.”  —David Rice, Crazy Loco.>

n.  the deep-throated cooing of a pigeon.

<I swell my chest and imitate the roucoulement of the pigeons.  My French rrrrrrrrrrr roll.  —Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: From “A Journal of Love,” The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin (1931-1932).>

n.  the growl of a bear, as in Myth-O-Mania: Go for the Gold Atlanta! by Kate McMullan.


n.  the roar of a “golden-haired lion.”  The lion, according to a Zen Buddhist riddle, symbolizes the state of “pure and clear Dharma-body” (Zen Master Seung Sahn, The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-Ans for Everyday Life).


n.  the threatening growl of a guard dog, as described in the novel Whatever Love Means by David Baddiel.


n.  tongue-rolling, as described in the novel Emma Who Saved My Life by Wilton Barnhardt.

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n.  the revving of a sports car engine, as described in Help Me, I’m Married by Joyce Meyer.

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