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growler
growl·er G0288400 (grou′lər)n.1. One, such as a dog, that growls.2. A small iceberg.3. Electricity An electromagnetic device with two poles, used for magnetizing, demagnetizing, and finding short-circuited coils.4. Informal A pail or other container used for carrying beer, especially a half-gallon or gallon glass jug with a gasket or screw cap.
[Sense 4, from the sound made by carbon dioxide escaping from under the lids of metal pails in which beer was carried in the past .]growler (ˈɡraʊlə) n1. a person, animal, or thing that growls2. (Automotive Engineering) slang obsolete Brit a four-wheeled hansom cab3. (Physical Geography) Canadian a small iceberg that has broken off from a larger iceberg or from a glacier, often hazardous to shipping4. slang US any container, such as a can, for draught beer5. derogatory slang a woman, esp one who is considered physically unattractivegrowl•er (ˈgraʊ lər)
n. 1. a person or thing that growls. 2. Informal. a pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer. 3. an electromagnetic device for identifying short circuits and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects. 4. a small iceberg. [1745–55] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | growler - a speaker whose voice sounds like a growlspeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" | | 2. | growler - a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shippingberg, iceberg - a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier |
growlernounA person who habitually complains or grumbles:complainer, crab, faultfinder, grouch, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, whiner.Informal: crank, griper, grouser.Slang: bellyacher, sorehead, sourpuss.TranslationsBrummbärEisberganimale che ringhiabrontolonepiccolo iceberggrowler
growler1. slang A container, often a jug, used for transporting draft beer, particularly from a craft brewery. Our friends are coming over tomorrow night, so I'm going to stop and pick up a few growlers on my way home from work.2. slang A toilet. Can we stop soon? I could really use a growler.growler n. a toilet. Where’s the growler around here? growler
growler[′grau̇l·ər] (electricity) An electromagnetic device consisting essentially of two field poles arranged as in a motor, used for locating short-circuited coils in the armature of a generator or motor and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects; a growling noise indicates a short-circuited coil. (oceanography) A small piece of floating sea ice, usually a fragment of an iceberg or floeberg; it floats low in the water, and its surface often is heavily pitted; it often appears greenish in color. Also known as bergy-bit. growler
Synonyms for growlernoun a person who habitually complains or grumblesSynonyms- complainer
- crab
- faultfinder
- grouch
- grumbler
- grump
- murmurer
- mutterer
- whiner
- crank
- griper
- grouser
- bellyacher
- sorehead
- sourpuss
Words related to growlernoun a speaker whose voice sounds like a growlRelated Words- speaker
- talker
- verbaliser
- verbalizer
- utterer
noun a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shippingRelated Words |