<[W]hrrrr-whrrr makes me dizzy. —George Crane, Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia.>
whrrrrr.
n. the whirring motor of “two huge electric beaters” (Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, In Action #3: Fubble Bubble Trouble).
whshh.
n. the whoosh of “rent flesh,” as by a cook “cutting up a bullock” (Zhuang Zhou, Zhuangzi, quoted in Classical Chinese Literature by John Minford.
whssh.
n. the whoosh of cards flying through the air, as in the comic book Dirty Pair: Start the Violence by Adam Warren.
whst.
n. the sound of a dueling vacuum cleaner’s electrical cord flying through the air as it ties up an automobile, in the comic book Vacuum Horror by Aaron K.
whzzkt.
(also whzzzkt.) n. the sound of a slashing knife, as in the graphic novel Falcon Twin by Brenden Mecleary.
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