ttt.

n.  the sound of a dripping water tap, as described in “More Than Words” by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.


n.  the sound of a peculiar exhalation.

<He shakes his head and exhales with a “ttt” sound, a strange mannerism his father used to have.  —Denise Minor, “Day of the Dead,” The Noe Valley Voice.>

n.  the sound of the letter t, as described by kindergarten teacher Diane Smith; see also tttt.

tttt.

n.  the “rattling sound” of the Plate-billed Mountain-toucan, “likely made by the tongue against the ramphotheca,” as described in Toucans, Barbets and Honeyguides: Ramphastidae, Capitonidae and Indicatoridae by Lester L. Short; see also dddd, kkkk.


n.  the sound of the letter t, as described in The Voice That Means Business: How to Speak With Authority, Confidence and Credibility Anytime, Anywhere by Linda Shields; see also ttt.

<Where’s the tttt sound in ghost?  —Peggy Kaye, Games for Learning: Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child Do Well in School, from Kindergarten to Third Grade.>

ttttt.

n.  “a sharp, soft tapping sound,” as described in Tongue Tie—From Confusion to Clarity: A Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ankyloglossia  by Carmen Fernando.

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