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- [grou-ler]
- /ˈgraʊ lər/
- /ˈgraʊlə/
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- [grou-ler]
- /ˈgraʊ lər/
Definitions of growler word
- noun growler a person or thing that growls. 1
- noun growler Informal. a pitcher, pail, or other container brought by a customer for beer. 1
- noun growler British Slang. a four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage. 1
- noun growler Electricity. an electromagnetic device consisting of two field poles, used for indicating short-circuited coils in armatures and for magnetizing or demagnetizing objects. 1
- noun growler an iceberg large enough to be a navigational hazard. 1
- noun growler a person, animal, or thing that growls 0
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Origin of growler
First appearance:
before 1745 One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1745-55; growl + -er1
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Parts of speech for Growler
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
growler popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
growler usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for growler
noun growler
- malcontent — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- grump — a person given to constant complaining.
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
Top questions with growler
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