rrrhl.

n.  a grunt in the Wookie language of the Star Wars films, as transcribed in the book Return of the Jedi by James Kahn.

rrrll chchch.

n.  a cannibal madman’s last words in the H. P. Lovecraft short story “The Rats in the Walls.”

rrrmm.

n.  an incoherent mumbling.

<[M]y hat’s an open book but Doris Day eats rrrmm.  —Andy Warhol, A: A Novel.>

rrrmmm.

n.  an intimate purr.

<“Rrrmmm,” he purred, moving toward her.  “And who is this?  What is your name, lovely one?”  —Anne McCaffrey, Doona.>

n.  the sound of someone eating, as in the novel Good News by Edward Abbey.

RRRMMMM.

n.  the sound of a motorcycle revving, as described in the novel Raptor by Paul Zindel.

rrrmmmm.

n.  the sound of a racecar “spin[ning] out,” as in Storm Rides: A Novel by Craig Lesley.

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