0 present participle of growl
1 to make a low, rough sound, usually in anger:
[ + speech ] "Not now, I'm busy," he growled.
Temporal changes are controlled by: 1⁄4 flutter tonguing, double- and triple-tonguing, 1⁄4 growling, and assorted gestures that create multiphonics.
One hardly ever hears of a clerk grumbling or growling, although sometimes they may have said that they really cannot undertake any more work.
In the name of common sense why are they growling now because they are earning more?
I was about to talk about the dog barking or growling.
It is growling over it, it is worrying it and it is trying to bury it where no one else will find it.
A dog normally gives a warning sign when it is about to attack someone—for example, the milkman or the coalman—by growling or barking.
The 1940s saw the development of the "open door" principle, a growling appreciation of the therapeutic value of occupation, and the beginning of physical methods of treatment.
I can only hope that amidst the grim growlings of the great cannons in front of us, the small arms section behind will be forgiven any indiscretions they may commit.
