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[ groul ] / graʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR growl ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object)to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier. to murmur or complain angrily; grumble. to rumble: The thunder growled. Jazz. to use flutter-tonguing in playing a wind instrument. nounthe act or sound of growling. Jazz. the technique of flutter-tonguing. Origin of growl1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen synonym study for growl2. See complain. OTHER WORDS FROM growlgrowl·ing·ly, adverbun·der·growl, nounun·growl·ing, adjectiveWords nearby growlgrowing degree-day, growing-equity mortgage, growing pains, growing point, grow into, growl, growler, grow light, growly, grown, grownup Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for growlStudents moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony. How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST She smiles, which sounds like a small thing, but a lot of Republicans growl. With Ernst and Gardner, Republicans Think They’ve Found the Formula|Eleanor Clift|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST When she moves in toward him, he turns his back with a growl. Stacks: Hitting the Note with the Allman Brothers Band|Grover Lewis|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST “A growl and a shake,” the attorney, Jasper Monti, tells The Daily Beast. Woman Bites Her Dog, Illinois Police Say, Charging Analise Garner With the Assault|Michael Daly|May 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A growl like an animal's came from Brydon, and he clinched the other's shoulder. Romany of the Snows|Gilbert Parker He found the water hole frozen and was chopping it out when the dog began to growl uneasily. South from Hudson Bay|E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill The growl is in fact no other than the humming note of bull-roarers swung by men, who are concealed within the edifice. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3)|Sir James George Frazer All he could do was stand on the bell-deck and gape after me like the rest and growl. Careers of Danger and Daring|Cleveland Moffett “I thowt you was a parson,” said the young workman at last, in a growl a trifle less surly. The Parson O' Dumford|George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for growl
verb(of animals, esp when hostile) to utter (sounds) in a low inarticulate mannerthe dog growled at us to utter (words) in a gruff or angry mannerhe growled an apology (intr) to make sounds suggestive of an animal growlingthe thunder growled around the lake nounthe act or sound of growling jazz an effect resembling a growl, produced at the back of the throat when playing a wind instrument Derived forms of growlgrowlingly, adverbWord Origin for growlC18: from earlier grolle, from Old French grouller to grumble Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to growlmoan, grunt, howl, rumble, bellow, roar, thunder, grumble, snarl, bark, roll, gnarl, gnarr |