brr

Interjection

1. Used to express being cold, to show shivering.
   • The teeth chattered faster, stopped, and began again twice before the man could master his shiver sufficiently to say, "Ju-ju-st in ti-ti-me....Brrrr."1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page x. 83
   • 'Brrrrr,' said Lieutenant Dubosc, realizing to the full how cold he was.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 7
2. An expression of disgust or aversion, as if shuddering.
   • Brrr. Even the thought of going underground made Old Bailey shudder.1996, Neil Gaiman, chapter 8, in Neverwhere, London: Headline Review, published 2005
3. The ringing sound of a telephone or an alarm bell.
   • Brr-brr, brr-brr. The phone rang insistently.
   • “As we were talking at the front gate I heard a noise. It was a ‘Brrrrrr, Brrrrrr’ just like it sounds to you there as I make the noise.”1965, James Holledge, Flying Saucers Over Australia, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 57