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gnarly, a.|ˈnɑːlɪ|
[f. gnarl n.1 + -y1. Cf. knurly.]
= gnarled.
1829Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 II. 180 Like a dry and gnarly log of mountain-ash. 1877Fraser's Mag. XV. 110 From a gnarly branch a delicate blossom issues.
Comb.1877Lanier Hard Times in Elfland 70 An aged Ram, flapp'd, gnarly-horn'd.
b. transf. Of a person.
1863Kingsley Water-Bab. vii. (1878) 323 A dogged gnarly foursquare brick of an English boy. 1865Q. Rev. July 85 He [Browning] loves a gnarly character, or a knotty problem. 1876Lanier Poems, Waving Corn 1 Ploughman, whose gnarly hand yet kindly wheeled Thy plough.
▸ slang. a. orig. U.S. surfing. Perhaps with reference to the appearance of rough sea. Dangerous, challenging.
1977Surfer Mag. Mar. 43 (caption) When the swell struck, the North Shore got gnarly, and the wise ones hit the outer islands where the energy was just as juicy but a bit more organized. 1987Dirt Wheels Mag. Aug. 73/3 It turned quicker and there was less violent feedback through the bars over gnarly terrain. 1991Climbing Feb.–Mar. 107/1 Throwing for holds, she battles through the gnarly first sequence, but fails trying to clip a bolt above. 1998Dirt Jan.–Feb. 26/2 Soon you were picking up speed in to the final short section of single track. This was ‘Devil's Drop’, not exactly knarly, but the fast sweeping exit had you fighting with the rear end to keep the whole thing on-line.
b. orig. and chiefly U.S. Awful, unpleasant, unattractive.
1978G. Kimberly Skateboard xvi. 119 ‘I just wish he'd lay off Jason's case.’.. ‘Yeah,..ever since he got that shiner it seems that somebody's giving him pressure or something.’.. Peter laughed. ‘Yeah, intense pressure. Right in the eye. That's pretty gnarly, too.’ 1981D. Jenkins Baja Oklahoma 269 We're not talking about a lame chick and a gnarly guy. We're talking about a couple of far-out dudes. 1996Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado) (Nexis) 11 Oct. 22 d, Italian train stations can be pretty gnarly places—until you find the cafe bar. 1997People (Nexis) 14 Apr. 67 ‘She came [to the audition] in scruffy jeans and had a big [appendectomy] scar on her belly’, recalls..the show's executive consultant. ‘She was really gnarly, hair flying in every direction. Afterwards, she..became the most charming, chatty Australian girl.’
c. orig. and chiefly U.S. Excellent, cool, attractive.
1982J. A. Posserello Totally Awesome Val Guide 42 Stylish Belt. ‘It looks totally gnarly.’ 1986K. Friedman Greenwich Killing Time xxxi. 115 You're going to make some lucky guy a pretty gnarly housewife. 1991Tulsa World (Nexis) 17 Jan. c1 The denim fashions, he said, are aimed at nearly everybody, including men and women, children and teens, surfers and skateboarders and cowboys. ‘This to me is gnarly. Cool. Radical. Intense. It makes a statement’, he said. 2000Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 16 Jan. (Mag.) 5/1 There ain't nothing gnarlier (apparently) than slapping on some brightly-coloured sunblock to ward off the blinding spectre of dangerous, snow-reflected sunlight.
d. orig. and chiefly U.S. Of music, sound, etc.: harsh, grating.
1986Los Angeles Times 12 Oct. (Calendar) 61/2 [She] displays the same love of gnarly fuzztones and shout-it-out-loud choruses that began back in her daze [sic] with local all-girl rockers the Runaways. 1988J. McInerney Story of my Life xii. 180, I lean closer so I can hear what he's saying. Finally he says, in this gnarly whisper, tell her I love her. 1994San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 24 Mar. e1 ‘In My Command’ featured Finn doing his most convincing John Lennon impression, as Hart tortured gnarly electric guitar lines out his instrument. 2002N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 Jan. b1/4 Mr. Dohnanyi presented..two gnarly and riveting recent works in their New York premieres:..Wolfgang Rihm's ‘‘Concerto’, Dithyrambe’ for String Quartet and Orchestra (2000), and..Sir Harrison Birtwistle's ‘Shadow of Night’. |