growling
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊlɪŋ/
:
gruñido
- Precious still fights for the bone, growling, as the bucket rocks precariously on the edge of the pit.
- a growling dog
- hear growling
- barking and growling
If you're not safe, like the growling of an animal and not now what?
- If you're not safe, like the growling of an animal and not now what?
- But it's a wiring that you, you ear that growling, you know that you want to be competitive.
Examples
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Her shifted voice was deep and coarse, more the growling of an animal than the speech of a woman.
Fiction book (1999) -
That is until their door is broken down and a giant growling shape is standing there.
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For a few seconds, maybe ten, they were alone with the growling of their own engine.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then the tent went dark, and the growling of a bear could be heard.
Fiction book (1998) -
A massive front-loader was already in position, its engine growling, while Walt talked to the driver.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then there was the low constant growling of the two dogs straining at their leashes.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was awakened early Tuesday morning by the growling of what sounded like a brigade of power mowers.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was a maniacal wet growling, like the slavered fighting of rabid hounds.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lake Lucille police vehicles are positioned around the runway, engines growling, radios squawking, trained on the 747.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the quiet woods, the growling of a hungry bear sent shivers down their spines.
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How Threatening
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Etymology
Growling comes from a very old word that copies the low, angry noise animals make, much like the short word growl, which sounds like the noise itself. That's why growling means a 'low, threatening or angry sound' you can hear from animals, engines, or a rumbling stomach.