English

Etymology
From growl.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�gra�l�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�l�(r)|-a�l�(r)

Noun
en-noun

1. A person, creature or thing that growls.
2. context|historical|slang A cab with four wheels.

#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 254:
#*:Lew pulled his socks from a jacket pocket, grabbed his own shoes, and together they proceeded to the street and into a growler, and were off.

1. rfv-sense A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
2. rfv-sense informal A roughly half gallon jug typically used to carry beer.
3. italbrac|dialect A Yorkshire term for a pork pie.
4. rfv-sense context|UK|slang The vagina.

it:growler
ru:growler
vi:growler
zh:growler

• 2007-11-22 11:49 - Widsith - /* Noun */ +sense, cite

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