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growl

graʊl
WordNet
Leaf with growling lion's head. Marked bottom left: B. Numbered bottom right: 6.
Leaf with growling lion's head. Marked bottom left: B. Numbered bottom right: 6.
  1. (v) growl
    to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds "he grumbled a rude response","Stones grumbled down the cliff"
  2. (n) growl
    the sound of growling (as made by animals)
Illustrations
Two lion heads, growling and roaring. Marked bottom left: B. Numbered bottom right: 4.
Two lion heads, growling and roaring. Marked bottom left: B. Numbered bottom right: 4.
A jealous dog growls at a dog that has a bitten rabbit on the ground in front of it. The print is part of an eight-part series of prints depicting dogs in a landscape.
A jealous dog growls at a dog that has a bitten rabbit on the ground in front of it. The print is part of an eight-part series of prints depicting dogs in a landscape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Growl
    The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
  2. Growl
    To express by growling.
  3. Growl
    groul To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. growl
    To utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility, as a dog or a bear; hence, to emit a sharp rumbling sound, as the forces of nature.
  2. growl
    Hence To speak in an offended or discontented tone; find fault; grumble: as, he growled at being disturbed.
  3. growl
    To make reluctant; cause to grudge: used reflexively.
  4. growl
    To express by growling or grumbling.
  5. (n) growl
    A deep snarling and threatening sound from the throat, expressive of the hostility of an animal; hence, the grumbling or faultfinding of an offended or discontented person.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Growl
    growl to utter a deep, murmuring sound like a dog: to grumble surlily
  2. (v.t) Growl
    to express by growling
  3. (n) Growl
    a murmuring, snarling sound, as of an angry dog
Quotations
Growl all day and you'll feel dog tired all night.
Source Unknown
It is the growling man who lives a dog's life.
Coleman Cox
Lewis Carroll
If everybody minded their own business, the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, the world would go round a deal faster than it does.
Lewis Carroll
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary D. grollen, to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen, to be angry

Usage in the news

Be there as he growls his guts out while Lamb of God unleashes their consistently hard-edged Southern metal. razor947.com

Wisconsin bass artist delivers black dub, feral growling, evil EDM When the zombies win, this plays on repeat. spin.com

The Watchdog growls about that very thing when he's cruising Lamar Avenue in Johnson County. kansascity.com

Tiger growl chases off PETA. nypost.com

"You went behind my back to Chicago," he growls to the woman beside him. readingeagle.com

Metallica frontman James Hetfield growled from the stage of Nashville's Sommet Center Monday night, at the official kickoff of the band's latest US run. rollingstone.com

Just because it's 10pm doesn't mean your stomach's not growling. bohemian.com

Shout, growl, do whatever it takes to make her scamper back to her own room for refuge. theintelligencer.net

There is no buildup of warning woofs or low growls. blog.timesunion.com

Black bear cub walked into a Sears at a Pittsburgh mall and growled at customers before eventually being tranquilized KDKA's Christine D'Antonio reports. cbsnews.com

The loudest cheers, ooohs and aaahs were for the appearance of Spike, a fluffy blond Pomeranian who spun in circles and growled in play when his owner touched his tummy. tulsaworld.com

Authorities say a Highlands man hanged and suffocated his dog because it growled at him while he tried to sleep. 943thepoint.com

Kim Rosenstock's "Tigers Be Still" is a play about the things that growl in the night — those unspoken fears that trip us into emotional detours. idahostatesman.com

Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr Jon is a boogie and blues pianist with a lovable growl of a voice, featuring New Orleans R&B, rock, and Mardi Gras craziness to come up with his own brand of "voodoo" music. kool1017.com

No one would argue that when Eric Church steps onstage, he positively owns the room (and the crowd) with his confident swagger, growling vocals, party-hard lyrics and those ever-present sunglasses, which lend "Chief" a mysterious air. kxrb.com

Usage in literature

The bear turned towards him with a fierce growl, and in so doing, exposed his left side to attack. "The Giant of the North" by R.M. Ballantyne

He shrank backward a step, with a growl like a cowed but not conquered tiger. "The Lonely Island" by R.M. Ballantyne

He had in this act approached somewhat nearer to Jumbo, who saluted him with a most awful growl. "Black Ivory" by R.M. Ballantyne

It caused Dumps to return from Dogland and raise his head with a decided growl. "My Doggie and I" by R.M. Ballantyne

There was an occasional bass growl intermingled with it. "The Norsemen in the West" by R.M. Ballantyne

Edward O'Connor, the moment he heard O'Grady's threat, quitted the hustings also, in company with old Growling. "Handy Andy, Volume One" by Samuel Lover

We followed her up to the thicket, put the elephant's head into it, and we heard the lioness growling close to us. "Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals" by R. Lee

Lassie growled in a low voice. "The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men" by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

The bear began to growl more fiercely than ever. "Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys" by Silas K. Boone

The shorter of the two outlaws, a stocky man with deep chest and extraordinarily broad shoulders, growled an answer. "Oh, You Tex!" by William Macleod Raine

Usage in poetry
Well ! there 's much truth underlying
That old growl I've heard.
I shan't please you by replying,
Yet I’ll have a word.
"For o'er thy head the dark cloud rolls,
Black as thy blasted pride.
How deep the angry tempest growls
Along the mountain's side!
And swells as if his skin would tear,
And growls and shakes again;
And swears, as plain as dog can swear,
That he has won the skin.
Now in the west, the heavy clouds
Scattered and fell asunder,
While feebler came the rush of rain,
And fainter growled the thunder.
O ye months of the year,
Are ye a march of wolves?
Lycabas! Lycabas! twelve to growl and slay?
Men hearken at night, and lie in fear,
Some men hearken all day!
Melecano. Behold, where Melecan, a dog in fierceness,
The savage dog of hell,
Darts growling to his prey!
He flies, and he returns
All covered and all drenched with human gore.