a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)
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the sound of growling (as made by animals)
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Growl \Growl\ (groul), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Growled} (grould); p. pr. & vb. n. {Growling}.] [D. grollen to grunt, murmur, be angry; akin to G. grollen to be angry.] To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. --Gay.
A growling 125-pound Rottweiler guards one of the caves, which is inhabited by an unemployed construction worker who says he is too embarrassed to give his name.
The four-seater Aerospatiale Twin Squirrel, registration G-RMGN, with the Mirror Group Newspapers lion growling on its side, lowered itself onto the grass in front of Headington Hill Hall, a 30-room Edwardian mansion.
Day seven: After a stormy, all-night cruise past Cape Catastrophe, we arrive at Dangerous Reef, a desolate patch of rocks laden with growling sea lions and noisy cormorants and gulls.
Attempts to move it were met by bared teeth and ominous growling.
New members of the World Bear Eaters' Association may feel like growling after getting their first taste of the dark, greasy meat.
Sitting under the picture of a growling tiger which is his party's symbol, he says: 'Every Maharashtrian is a Shiv Sainik (soldier).
The state Assembly voted 44-4 Monday to approve a bill that would reduce the regulation on those growling, scowling giants by removing professional wrestling from the jurisdiction of the state Athletic Commission.