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growl

/ɡɹaʊl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
  2. (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a person's stomach when hungry.
  3. (by extension) An aggressive grumbling.
  4. (by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.
  5. To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  6. Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
  7. To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
  8. To express (something) by growling.
  9. To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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