growl /ˈɡɹaʊ̯l/noun 6verb 6forms 3 noun6 •A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.Hardly anything is more intensely disagreeable to one walking along the street, than to hear near his path a low savage growl—the expression of a surly dog's opinion and purpose. — 1857 •A similar sound made by a human. •The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.Riding down the main thoroughfare, the growl of his stomach taints the soothing jazz playing on the radio. — 2004 •A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument. •Death growl •An aggressive grumbling. verb6 •To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.The dog growled at me as I walked past. •To express (something) by growling.The old man growled his displeasure at the postman. •To perform death growl vocals. •Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.And he is bending in the wind, scooping pitch, growling. […] He plays his false fingers. Chokes the trumpet. He is naked. This is naked jazz. O-bop-she-bam. Never lying. Telling it like it is. — 1998 •To play a wind instrument in a way that produces a low-pitched rumbling sound. •To send a user a message via the Growl software library. formsgrowled · growling · growls
