whrr.

n.  an emphatic spoken by a rat.

<Gleet gave Alex an appraising look, and nodded.  ”Whrr, you should fit through all right.”  —Eve Forward, Animist.>

n.  the howl of a police siren, as discussed in More Boys’ Toys of the Fifties and Sixties by Thomas W. Holland.


n.  the whirring made by a revolving object or motor.

whrr whrr.

n.  what one car says to another, as discussed in Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker.

whrr-whrr-whrr.

n.  the chirping of a bird

<Joan had a canary, whose cage sat next to Donnie’s favorite chair in the living room.  The bird would sing and whistle happily: “Whrr-whrr-whrr, whrr-whrrr.”  —Eddie B. Allen, Low Road: The Life and Legacy of Donald Goines.>

whrrmbbb.

n.  the sound of an emotional embrace, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.

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