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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024growl•er (grou′lər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that growls.
- Informal Termsa pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer.
- British Termsa four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage.
- [Elect.]an electromagnetic device consisting of two field poles, used for indicating short-circuited coils in armatures and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects.
- an iceberg large enough to be a navigational hazard.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: growler /ˈɡraʊlə/ n - a person, animal, or thing that growls
- Brit slang obsolete a four-wheeled hansom cab
- Canadian a small iceberg that has broken off from a larger iceberg or from a glacier, often hazardous to shipping
- US slang any container, such as a can, for draught beer
- derogatory slang a woman, esp one who is considered physically unattractive
growl /graʊl/USA pronunciation v. - Zoologyto utter a deep, throaty sound of anger or hostility: [no object]The dog growled.[~ + object]The dog growled a warning.
- to murmur angrily;
grumble:[no object]He's been growling at his secretary. - to rumble:[no object]The thunder growled.
n. [countable] - the act or sound of growling:a loud growl.
growl•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024growl (groul),USA pronunciation v.i. - Zoologyto 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.
- Music and Dance[Jazz.]to use flutter-tonguing in playing a wind instrument.
v.t. - to express by growling.
n. - the act or sound of growling.
- Music and Dance[Jazz.]the technique of flutter-tonguing.
- 1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See complain.
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