shmpf.

n.  the sound of a defibrillator, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.

shzzt.

n.  shit; see also shhht.

<Teenage drama shzzt.  —MyOtaku.com.> <You can’t take shzzt like this personally.  —LoveShack.org.> <That stinks a pile-o-shzzt.  —S10forum.com.>

Shzzt.

n.  the name of an elfin thief in the role-playing game “Greyhawk Campaign.”

shzzt.

n.  the sound of an electronic discharge.

Shzzt’Trk.

n.  a character in “The Knight Clash” by Marco Dinaro.

shzzz.

n.  a snarling artillery round, as in No One Smiled on Leyte by Deane Marks.

shzzzzzzztt.

n.  the sound of a needle scraping the edge of a record.

<For some reason I put the needle on the empty space [and] all I heard was “SHZZZZZZZTT!”  —DirtyChimp182, “The Right Stuff Forum.”>

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