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growling

ˈgroʊlɪŋ
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. (n) growling
    a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
  2. (n) growling
    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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) growling
    The act of uttering angry or threatening sounds; snarling; grumbling: as, the growling of thunder.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Growling
    grumbling, snarling: a rumbling sound
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

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Dut. grollen, to grumble; allied to Gr. gryllizein, to grunt.

Usage in the news

An Open Mind Amid Growling Ideologues. nytimes.com

The Colonel, Now Gray but Still Hollering and Growling . nytimes.com

First, don't give Lady a treat or speak nicely to her when she growls and barks. mysanantonio.com

So put a lead on Lady and when she growls , tell her NO and put her in a laundry room or bathroom for 20 minutes (not her kennel). mysanantonio.com

If she growls again, repeat the timeout. mysanantonio.com

"We're still around," Tim Armstrong growls over Lars Frederiksen's peppy guitar blitz as these lovable mosh-pit lifers kick off album number seven. spin.com

He hollered some blues numbers in the high range of his growling voice: Skip James's "I'm So Glad" and his own "Deep River". nytimes.com

"IF I see another king, I think I shall bite him," Teddy Roosevelt once growled. nytimes.com

Growl 2 Submitted to Mac App Store. maclife.com

2011 predictions from tax policy experts at TaxVox include lots of chest thumping and growling from Washington, but no substantive legislation. csmonitor.com

After about an hour, my cigar was waning and my stomach was growling from the smell of the wings. cigaraficionado.com

A homeowner said that his growling dog alerted him to a man inside his garage Saturday afternoon around 12:45. 10tv.com

The clicking, banging, and chewing of the ice sound like the earth's stomach growling. chicagoreader.com

Motor instability , uncontrolled and unintended motion at the motor shaft, can occur at low or high frequencies and often cause growling at higher frequencies. controleng.com

Unlike many of their metal brethren, who obscure the lyrics with cartoonish growling, Mastodon 's Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor keep melody paramount with their harmonies. chicagotribune.com

Usage in literature

Some suppressed growls reached their ears. "Hendricks the Hunter" by W.H.G. Kingston

A sense of pain and annoyance penetrated the deep sleep of Black Bruin, and with a growl and a start he awoke. "Black Bruin" by Clarence Hawkes

Gregory Growles, with his arms akimbo, and several of the other seamen, stood listening to me, evidently highly amused. "Dick Cheveley" by W. H. G. Kingston

Bruin trotted on, growling angrily. "Dick Onslow" by W.H.G. Kingston

Growl's hair was white, and so was Scriven's, the clerk in charge. "Salt Water" by W. H. G. Kingston

Now, as he did not growl, it was because danger was neither near nor approaching. "The Secret of the Island" by W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)

At his heels followed a huge mastiff, who growled fiercely as his master was addressing us. "The Two Supercargoes" by W.H.G. Kingston

With a fierce growl the shaggy monster seized his arm. "My First Voyage to Southern Seas" by W.H.G. Kingston

He walked round and round the tree, and every now and then he growled as he looked up at the Bushman. "The Mission; or Scenes in Africa" by Captain Frederick Marryat

To this Gaspard vouchsafed no reply save a growl that, to say the best of it, did not sound amiable. "Ungava" by R.M. Ballantyne

Usage in poetry
But as they passed by John’s woodstack,
Growled Maltete, “Nothing now doth lack
Wherewith to light a merry fire,
And give my wizard all his hire.”
Deus est Deus pauperum.
At home the wife is waiting me
With smiles and pigeon-pie;
And little Zi-Zi claps her hands
With laughter loud and high;
And if there's cause to growl, I fail
To see the reason why.
" Who's there " came a growl—" at this hour o' night ? "
" Who's there ? " said an angry speaker—
“We're seeking shelter from the storm ! "
Said a voice—like a ha'p'ny squeaker.
"All right," growled the man —with a meaning look —
“And I hope they sleep well—to-night (!)
I'd like to give 'em a good " blow-out "
—So I'll go up and blow out their light."
Hark! the growl of the thunder,--the quaking of earth!
Woe, woe to the worship, and woe to the mirth!
The black sky has opened; there's flame in the air;
The red arm of vengeance is lifted and bare!
But losh! her smile was dreadful shy,
An' kept her white lids under;
Jest as when darkens up the sky
An' growls away the thunder;
Them skeery speckled trout will hide
Beneath them white pond lilies' pride!