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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One, such as a dog, that growls.
  2. n. A small iceberg.
  3. n. Informal A container, such as a pail or pitcher, that is used for carrying beer.
  4. n. Electricity An electromagnetic device with two poles, used for magnetizing, demagnetizing, and finding short-circuited coils.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One who growls.
  2. n. A certain fish: same as grunt, 2.
  3. n. A four-wheeled cab.
  4. n. A vessel, as a pitcher, jug, pail, or can, brought by a customer for beer.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person, creature or thing that growls.
  2. n. A cab with four wheels.
  3. n. A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
  4. n. A kind of jug used to carry beer.
  5. n. A Yorkshire term for a pork pie.
  6. n. The vulva.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One who growls.
  2. n. The large-mouthed black bass.
  3. n. A four-wheeled cab.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl
  2. n. a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping

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  • hernesheir It's a fish. Jan 2, 2012

  • reesetee See also clarence. Oct 22, 2008

  • chained_bear Another usage, as a horse-drawn conveyance, on barouche. Oct 21, 2008

  • chained_bear "Every now and then a 'viper' or 'growler'—a whitewater curler on top of a wave that pops the bow with the speed of a striking snake—would hit the bow. To give the crew warning, Andy, who could see clearly over the bow into the oncoming seas, shouted over the loudhailer, 'Move! Watch out! Watch out!' And the crew ducked and held on."
    —Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand with Malcolm MacPherson, Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs, Jun 22, 2008

  • yarb Slang for a bottom burp where I come from. Jun 5, 2008

  • reesetee Oh yes--one of the many microbreweries in my area will gladly send you home with a growler of beer, if you're so inclined. :-) Apr 28, 2008

  • gangerh Bon Voyage, c_b. Apr 28, 2008

  • chained_bear Mollusque, I must have missed this page four months ago. I just read the following in a book, and flagged this word as having a meaning I was unaware of:

    "A rough, kindly old laboring man was this uncle who sat in his snug parlor in his shirt sleeves during our stay, sent one of the children to the corner for a growler of beer, and told us bluntly we were idiots to think of shipping on a whaling voyage."
    --Walter Noble Burns, A Year with a Whaler, 4 Apr 27, 2008

  • mollusque Also a vessel for fetching beer, a small iceberg, and a clarence. Dec 21, 2007

  • bilby Never heard it. Obviously I don't get (give?) enough. Dec 20, 2007

  • burntsox An Australian friend giggled when this came up in a conversation. Apparently it's slang for cunnilingus there, but I never found out why she was giggling! ;) Dec 20, 2007

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