GNAR

Etymology 1

Verb

gnar (third-person singular simple present gnars, present participle gnarring, simple past and past participle gnarred)

To snarl or growl.

Etymology 2

Adjective

gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)

(slang, chiefly, sports) gnarly

Noun

gnar (plural gnars)

(slang, extreme sports) Snow or an ocean wave.

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, garn, gran, grna, narg, rang

Source: Wiktionary


Gnar, n. Etym: [OE. knarre, gnarre, akin to OD. knor, G. knorren. Cf. Knar, Knur, Gnarl.]

Definition: A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.

Gnar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.] Etym: [See Gnarl.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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