Dictionary Entry
growl
growl is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
- 2transitive verb
To express by growling.
- 3noun
The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
- 4noun
the sound of growling (as made by animals)
Synonyms
- 5verb
to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
"he grumbled a rude response"
"Stones grumbled down the cliff"
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