rrrr.

n.  the creaking of an old wooden canal boat, as described in The Magic Escapes by Tony Abbott.

Rrrr.

n.  the name of a cat in the novel Ghost Cats by Susan Shreve.

rrrr.

n.  the noise of a robot.

<‘I’m Robot Man,’ little Freak would go, making these weird robot noises as he humped himself around the playground.  Rrrr ... rrrr ... rrrr ... like he had robot motors inside his legs.  —Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty.>

n.  the purring of a cat, as described in The Faeries’ Oracle by Brian Froud; the growls of a communicative cat, as in the novel Ghost Cats by Susan Shreve; the hopeful trill of a cat hungry for a snack, as in the novel A Stitch in Time by Monica Ferris.

<We began to have long conversations back and forth.  “Rrrr,” he would say.  “Rrrrr,” I replied.  “Rrrrrrr,” he continued.  “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.”  —Susan Shreve, Ghost Cats.>

RRRR.

n.  the roar of a giant hell-bent on destroying a village, as in The Sleeping Giant of Goll by Tony Abbott.

rrrr.

n.  the soft note of the Ring-necked duck, as described in Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Eastern Region by Donald Stokes.

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