Growl

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Growl \Growl\ (groul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Growled} (grould);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Growling}.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be
     angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry.]
     To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give
     forth an angry, grumbling sound. --Gay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Growl \Growl\, v. t.
     To express by growling. --Thomson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Growl \Growl\, n.
     The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling
     sound.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  growl
       n : the sound of growling (as made by animals) [syn: {growling}]
       v : to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a
           rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn: {grumble},
            {rumble}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  127 Moby Thesaurus words for "growl":
     air a grievance, bark, bawl, beef, belch, bellow, bellyache, bitch,
     blare, blat, blubber, boom, booming, bray, breathe, burr, buzz,
     cackle, cannonade, caw, chant, chirp, chirr, clamor, clang,
     clangor, clank, clash, color, complain, coo, crab, craunch, croak,
     crow, crump, crunch, drawl, echo, exclaim, flush, flute, fret,
     fret and fume, frown, fuss, gasp, glare, glower, gnarl, grind,
     gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growling, grumble, grumbling, grunt,
     hiss, holler, howl, jangle, jar, keen, kick, lilt,
     lodge a complaint, look daggers, lower, mantle, moan, mumble,
     murmur, mutter, pant, peal, pipe, raise a howl, rasp, reboation,
     rebound, redden, reecho, register a complaint, resound, resounding,
     reverberation, roar, roll, rumble, rumbling, scowl, scranch,
     scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, shriek, sibilate, sigh,
     sing, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sough, spit, squall, squawk,
     squeal, take on, thunder, thundering, trumpet, twang, wail, warble,
     whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp