growl

[ groul ]

/ graʊl /

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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.

verb (used with object)

to express by growling.

noun

the act or sound of growling.

Jazz. the technique of flutter-tonguing.

Origin of growl

1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen

synonym study for growl

2. See complain.

OTHER WORDS FROM growl

growl·ing·ly, adverb un·der·growl, noun un·growl·ing, adjective

Words nearby growl

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Example sentences from the Web for growl

Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.

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She smiles, which sounds like a small thing, but a lot of Republicans growl.

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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

growl

/ (ɡraʊl) /

verb

(of animals, esp when hostile) to utter (sounds) in a low inarticulate manner the dog growled at us

to utter (words) in a gruff or angry manner he growled an apology

(intr) to make sounds suggestive of an animal growling the thunder growled around the lake

noun

the 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 growl

growlingly, adverb

Word Origin for growl

C18: from earlier grolle, from Old French grouller to grumble

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growl

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

growl

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

noun

Origin of growl

synonym study for growl

OTHER WORDS FROM growl

Words nearby growl

Words related to growl

Example sentences from the Web for growl

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