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Tnn.
n.  a primeval sea dragon who was defeated by the god Baal.

<In the Canaanite Baal and Anat poems from Ugarit in Syria, Anat and Baal both speak of having crushed Sea, destroyed Flood, bound the sea dragon (tnn), and crushed the sea serpent (ltn).  —Fuller Theological Seminary.>

tnng.
n.  the sound of a ricocheting projectile, as in the comic book Steampunk #1 by Chris Bachalo and Richard Friend.


Tnnnsh.
n.  the name of a warrior bat in the novel Wink-Eye Creek by Doug Hiser.

<[The doe’s] right front hoof smashed into Tnnnsh, crushing his skull and he dropped to the ground to be trampled.  —Doug Hiser, Wink-Eye Creek.>

tprw.
n.  the sound of a horn (cited by Jeff Miller, “A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia”).


tptptp.
n.  the sound of feet running quickly, as in the graphic novel Uzumaki 2 by Junji Ito.


trksph.
n.  a muffled expression by someone whose mouth is sealed by duct tape, as in the novel Heart Seizure by Bill Fitzhugh.



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