growler

noun8

1. •
   A person, creature or thing that growls.
2. •
   (US, Australia) A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.

   • […] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […] — 1940
3. •
   A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.

   • A great ‘growler’ iceberg was sighted this afternoon at a distance of approximately half a mile; the size of a large London house, more or less. — 2002
4. •
   (slang, vulgar) The vulva.

   • On our first meeting he'd asked me if I dyed my hair. I told him I did and his follow up^([sic]) question had been the much under rated^([sic]), "What colour's your growler then?" — 2007
5. •
   (dialect, UK) A pork pie.

   • Now, on first impression, a pork pie - or a ‘growler’ if you're from Yorkshire - looks like a delicious snack. — 2008
6. •
   (slang, historical) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.

   • He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man. — 1883
7. •
   A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.

   • Includes voltmeters, ammeters, circuit testers, armature tester (external growler), field tester, (internal growler), coil and condenser tester, etc. — 1962
8. •
   (dialect, US) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.