jowerv.
/dʒaʊə/ dialect and local U.S.
intransitive.
a. To growl; to scold; to mutter or grumble in an undertone.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
hum13..
plainta1325
gruntc1325
plainc1325
musea1382
murmurc1390
complain1393
contrary1393
flitec1400
pinea1425
grummec1430
aggrudge1440
hoinec1440
mutterc1450
grudge1461
channerc1480
grunch1487
repine1529
storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1628 [see jowering n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Jour, obsols., to mutter, or grumble in an undertone; generally used in the participial form—jouring.
1883 C. F. Smith Southernisms in Trans. Amer. Philol. Soc. 50 Jower or jour, quite common in the South in the sense of persistent quarrelling or scolding.
b. To use a boorish dialect with a growling sound.
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1738 [see jowering n. and adj. at Derivatives].
Derivatives
ˈjowering n. and adj.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [adjective]
jowering1628
flannel-mouthed1884
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] > brogue
jowering1628
brogue1705
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > action of complaining
yomeringc1000
grutching?c1225
plainingc1300
complaintc1384
murmurc1385
murmurationc1390
groiningc1405
grudgingc1420
musinga1425
querimonyc1450
storming1461
mutteringc1475
grudge1477
grunching1487
murmuringc1530
muting1542
repining1550
orpingc1598
maundering1611
oggannition1625
jowering1628
remonstrating1647
regrudginga1677
complaining1702
pesting1705
yammering1705
growling1752
pine1804
gruntling1834
bitching1939
griping1945
pissing1947
bitch1975
kitchen-sinking1975
1628 R. Hayman Quodlibets ii. 37 You may our cursings, swearing, iouring mend.
1738 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 2) I. 319 As this Way of boorish Speech is in Ireland call'd the Brogue upon the Tongue, so here 'tis named Jouring... The Difference is not so much in the Orthography of Words, as in the Tone and Accent; their abridging the Speech, Cham, for I am; Chill, for I will..and the like.
1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 4 Ya purting, tatchy, stertling, ghowering, prinking, mincing Theng.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. viii. 199 [She] answered his petition..with a volley of vituperation, couched in what is there called the jowring dialect.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Jowering, growling, grumbling.
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