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verb (used without object)
1.
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
2.
to murmur or complain angrily; grumble.
3.
to rumble: The thunder growled.
4.
Jazz. to use flutter-tonguing in playing a wind instrument.
verb (used with object)
5.
to express by growling.
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noun
6.
the act or sound of growling.
7.
Jazz. the technique of flutter-tonguing.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen
1350–1400; Middle English groule to rumble (said of the bowels); cognate with German grollen
Related forms
growl·ing·ly, adverb
un·der·growl, noun
un·growl·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History
growl
1660s, from M.E. grolling "rumbling in the bowels" (late 14c.), from O.Fr. grouler "to rumble," said to be from Frank., probably ult. of imitative origin.
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