rrr.

n.  a typical sound made by a baby attempting to talk, as discussed in Wonder Weeks: How to Turn Your Baby’s 8 Great Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward by Hetty Vanderijt.


n.  an imbecilic utterance.

<“Rrr!  Rrr! ...” gabbled the imbecile, dribbling a whitish foam down his chin.  —Raphael Confiant, Mamzelle Dragonfly.>

n.  the honk of a nose blowing like a foghorn; see also rrrrrrrsss.

<Rrr.  And deepmoved all, Simon trumping compassion from foghorn nose, all laughing, they brought him forth, Ben Dollard, in right good cheer.  —James Joyce, Ulysses.>

Rrr.

n.  the name of a character with glowing yellow eyes in the novel The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

<“Earth is a place of all jungle,” said Miss Rrr proudly.  —Ray Bradbury, The Marian Chronicles.>

rrr.

n.  the sound of the letter r (Baby-Parenting.com); see also rrrr, RRRR, rrrrrr, rrrrr, rrrrrrr.

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