www.

n.  the sound of the letter w.

WWWWW.

n.  a marking on a Maui map indicating Haleakala Crater Road (Highway 378), “one of the fastest-ascending roads in the world.  This grand corniche has at least 33 switchbacks; passes through numerous climate zones; goes under, in, and out of clouds; takes you past rare silversword plants and endangered Hawaiian geese sailing through the clear, thin air; and offers a view that extends for more than 100 miles” (Jeanette Foster, Frommer’s Maui 2005 with Molokai and Lanai).

wwwww.

n.  an upside-down spelling of mmmmm.

<“Mmmmm” said the Bear.  Which, it occurred to him, was essentially Wwwww inverted.  —Rafi Zabor, The Bear Comes Home.>

wwwwwft.

n.  a German word for the sound of an automobile’s broken passenger door window dropping down (Timm Schuch, “Meine Begleiter.”)

wzzk.

n.  the whoosh of a “widow’s bite blast” attack, as in the comic book Amazing Adventures #8 by Bill Everett.

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