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gnarly

 
Dictionary: gnarl·y
(när') pronunciation
adj.
  1. Gnarled; misshapen.
  2. Slang.
    1. Remarkable; outstanding.
    2. Unpleasant; disgusting.

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Both obscure and hairy (sense 1). “Yow! — the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!” From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang.


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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