growl

🇺🇸 /ɡraʊl/ 🇬🇧 /ɡraʊl/
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verb
R

to make a low sound in the throat, usually because you are angry

The dog growled, showing it was angry.

R

to say something using a low, angry voice

She growled her response, showing she was upset.

noun
R

a deep, angry sound that someone or something makes

The dog's growl made us scared.

translation

v. to make a low sound in the throat, usually because you are angry; to say something using a low, angry voice
n. a deep, angry sound that someone or something makes

Word Forms

3rd Present growls
Past growled
Perfect growled
Progressive growling
Plural growls