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| growl | |
| 1. n. A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. |  |
| 2. n. (by extension) The rumbling sound made by a person's stomach when hungry. | |
| 3. n. (by extension) An aggressive grumbling. | |
| 4. n. (jazz, by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. | |
| Synonyms: gnar, gnarl, gurl, snarl | |
| The dog growled at me as I walked past. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, jazz) Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library. | |
| 8. v. To express (something) by growling. | |
| The old man growled his displeasure at the postman. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, jazz) To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound. | |
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