1 [V] ~ (at sb/sth) (of animals, especially dogs) to make a low sound in the throat, usually as a sign of anger:
The dog growled at them.
2 ~ (at sb) to say sth in a low angry voice:
[Vspeech] 'Who are you?' he growled at the stranger. * [VN] She growled a sarcastic reply.
noun a deep angry sound made when sb/sth growls
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for growl is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is growl a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, growl is tagged as verb.
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