growl

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: gräŭl, IPA: /ɡraʊl/, SAMPA: /graUl/

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  Rhymes: -aʊl

Noun

growl (plural growls)

1. The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
2. The sound made by a hungry stomach.

Derived terms

• death growl

Translations

deep threatening sound

Czech: vrčení n. Dutch: grom m., (het) gegrom Finnish: murina (fi) French: feulement (fr) m., grognement (fr) m. German: knurren (de) Hungarian: morgás (hu)

Italian: grugnito (it) m. Polish: warczenie (pl) n., warknięcie (pl) n. Russian: рык (ryk) m., рычание (ryčánije) n. Scottish Gaelic: dranndan (gd) m. Serbian: режање (sr) (režanje) n. Spanish: rugido (es) m.

sound made by a hungry stomach

Czech: kručení (cs) n. Finnish: kurina (fi) French: borborygme (fr) m., gargouillement (fr) m. German: Magenknurren (de) Hungarian: korgás (hu) Italian: brontolio (it) m.

Japanese: グーグー (ja) (gūgū) Portuguese: ronco (pt) m. Russian: бурчание (ru) (burčánije) n. Serbian: крчање (sr) (krčanje) n. Spanish: gruñido (es) m.

Verb

growl (third-person singular simple present growls, present participle growling, simple past and past participle growled)

1. (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

   The dog growled at me as I walked past.

2. (transitive) To express (something) by growling.

   The old man growled his displeasure at the postman.

3. (software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.

Translations

to utter a deep guttural sound

Dutch: grommen (nl) Finnish: murista (fi) French: feuler (of a tiger), gronder (of a bear), grogner (of a person or a bear), bougonner (of a person), ronchonner (of a person), grommeler (of a person) Hungarian: morog (hu) Italian: ringhiare (it)

Polish: warczeć (pl) Portuguese: rosnar (pt) Russian: рычать (ryčát’) Scottish Gaelic: dèan dranndan (gd) Serbian: режати (sr) (režati) Spanish: gruñir (es)

express (something) by growling

Dutch: grommen (a somewhat neutral form), grauwen (an angry form) Finnish: murista (fi) French: grogner (fr) Italian: ringhiare (it)

Scottish Gaelic: dèan dranndan (gd) Serbian: режати (sr) (režati) Spanish: gruñir (es)