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growler.

A person, creature or thing that growls.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡɹaʊlə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɡɹaʊlɚ/General-American
  1. A person, creature or thing that growls.

  2. A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.

    historical · slang
  3. A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.

  4. A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.

    Australia · Canada · US · informal
  5. A pork pie.

    UK · Yorkshire · dialectal
  6. The vulva.

    UK · slang
  7. A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.

    US · dialectal
  8. A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.

Where this word comes from

From growl + -er. Sense "jug" is 19th century American slang, of uncertain origin.

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