rrr.

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

rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rrrrrrr.

n.  the howl of wolves singing the second line of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, as in Origins of Story: On Writing for Children by Barbara Harrison.

<I opened up my mouth and sang at the hills the opening melodic line of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusic, that famous broken tonic chord: “La, la la, la la la la la laaaa. ...”  Now there were some wolves who lived in the hills across the valley.  They heard me singing.  They threw their heads in the air and howled back the second line: “Rrr, rrr rrr, rrr rrr rrr rrr rrr rrrrrrr. ...”  —Barbara Harrison, Origins of Story: On Writing for Children.>

rrr-rrr-rrr.

n.  the groaning of a cold car engine struggling to start.

<From downstairs came the sound of Kenny slamming out of the house, then the more distant rrr-rrr-rrr of Cindy’s car struggling to start in the cold.  —Monica Wood, Ernie’s Ark: Stories.>

n.  the sound of “an engine revving up,” as described in Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama by Daniel Goleman.


n.  the throaty sound of a toy motor (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association).

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