Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To snarl; growl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To growl or snarl, as a dog.
- noun See
knar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also
gnarr . - intransitive verb Archaic To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also
gnarr .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
snarl orgrowl . - noun slang
Snow .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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VAIL, Colorado - The term gnar-gnar will be conspicuously absent in Vail come January.
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We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel rocking of pieplates, Oury grips and other "hipster cysts," and the abuse of sick gnar-gnar.
The Cruelty of Fate: Victimized Velos BikeSnobNYC 2009
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A powerglove activated brake lever would gain some major gnar points
There's The Rub: Marketing Gone Amok Awry BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Curmudg- carmogg- cranky old kitteh sez “I heared doorbellz but nobuddy deres – darneded keeds! gnar gnar gnar” en stompsez back into house.
stoopid dog - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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So in the end ugly grunts like you have to go down onto these mudballs and take and hold the gnar danged ground.
In Alien Hands Shatner, William 1997
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"Youre not shredding gnar, youre idiots" it was a loooong silent car ride home.
Vortex Media Group fflis 2010
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Better Quality: www. youtube.com shreding the gnar mostly filmed & edited by bert.
WN.com - Articles related to South Africa launches travel promotion campaign in China 2010
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Better Quality: www. youtube.com shreding the gnar mostly filmed & edited by bert.
WN.com - Articles related to South Africa launches travel promotion campaign in China 2010
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Leeches 'and the sing-along gnar of' I Dread The Night
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OK, before you start e-mailing me about shredding the gnar, stomping some pow-pow or some other phrase that doesn't use real words, hear me out on this one: There's no arguing that we live in ski country.
trivet commented on the word gnar
Webster 1913:
n. (OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. Knar, Knur, Gnarl.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. (Archaic)
He was . . . a thick gnarre. - Chaucer.
v. i. (imp. & p. p. Gnarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring. See Gnarl.) To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr. (Archaic)
At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly
gnarre. - Spenser.
A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. - Tennison.
July 4, 2007