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Raregrowl
The correct spelling is growl.
How to pronounce growl
/ɡɹaʊl/
nounIPA: /ɡɹaʊl/
Say it like: Gro-wl
The correct spelling is growl. A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. For example: "The dog growled at me as I walked past."
Usage Examples
“The dog growled at me as I walked past.”
“The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
verb
- 1.To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
- 2.Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.
- 3.To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
- 4.To express (something) by growling.
- 5.To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound.
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