rrrr.

n.  the sound of a “bus’s transmission,” as described in Riding the Bus With My Sister: A True Life Journey by Rachel Simon.


n.  the sound of French words shouted by thousands of troops, as in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.


n.  the sound of the letter r; see also rrr, rrrr, RRRR, rrrrr, rrrrrr, rrrrrrr.

<“My father is still in Cuba.  A small town outside Camagüey City called Cascorro.”  The rrrr flowed off his tongue.  —Barbara Parker, Suspicious of Innocence.>

RRRR.

n.  the sound of the letter r; see also rrr, rrrr, rrrrr, rrrrrr, rrrrrrr.

<Some people find it easy to make this sound; it’s a sound from childhood like when we made the sound of an engine or a plane taking off.  With the RRRR sound, your tongue is about a quarter-inch to a half-inch behind your teeth.  —Jonathan Goldman, Tantra of Sound: How to Enhance Intimacy With Sound.>

rrrr.

n.  the vibratory roar of an airplane propeller, as described in the novel The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

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