growl

n.

1. The low, guttural, menacing sound made by an animal: the growl of a dog.
2. A gruff surly utterance: The desk officer answered my greeting with a growl.

v., growled, growl·ing, growls.

v.intr.

1. To emit a low guttural sound or utterance.
2. To speak in an angry or surly manner.

v.tr.

To utter by growling: growled the orders.

[Middle English groule, grollen, to rumble, growl, probably from Old French grouler, of Germanic origin.]

growly growl'y adj.

verb

To make a continuous deep reverberating sound: boom, grumble, roll, rumble. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

• Release Date: 1990
• Genre: Action
• Style: Side-Scrolling Combat

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the sound of growling (as made by animals)
  Synonym: growling

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The verb growl has one meaning:

Meaning #1: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
  Synonyms: grumble, rumble

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - knurre, brumme, snerre
v. tr. - snerre vredt
n. - knurren, brummen, snerren

Nederlands (Dutch)
grommen, brommen, rommelen, snauwen, gegrom, snauw, gerommel

Français (French)
v. intr. - grogner (après), gronder (l'orage)
v. tr. - grommeler, grogner
n. - grognement, grondement

Deutsch (German)
v. - knurren, brummen
n. - Brummen, Knurren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γρυλίζω (κν. γρούζω), μουγκρίζω απειλητικά, γουργουρίζω
n. - απειλητικό γρύλισμα, γουργουρητό (κοιλιάς)

Italiano (Italian)
ringhiare, brontolare, rimbrottare, ringhio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - rosnar, troar, resmungar
n. - rosnado (m), resmungo (m), trovoada (f)

Русский (Russian)
рычать, рокотать, ворчать, ворчание, рычание, рокот

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - gruñir, refunfuñar, retumbar
v. tr. - decir gruñendo o refunfuñando
n. - gruñido, rezongo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - morra, mullra, knota
n. - morrande, argt mummel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嗥叫, 轰鸣, 咆哮, 咆哮着说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 嗥叫, 轟鳴, 咆哮
v. tr. - 咆哮著說
n. - 嗥叫, 轟鳴, 咆哮

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 투덜대다, 으르렁거리다, 성난 목소리로 말하다
v. tr. - 화가 나 ~라고 말하다, 딱딱거리다
n. - 으르렁대는 소리, 딱딱대는 소리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 怒ってうなる, がみがみ言う, 不平を言う, とどろく, 唸る
n. - うなり声, どなり声

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يهدر, يهمر, يتذمر (الاسم) تهمير, تذمر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רטן, נהם‬
v. tr. - ‮רטן, נהם‬
n. - ‮ריטון, טרוניה, נהמה‬

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