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Gnarl

//nɑː(ɹ)l// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
Noun
  1. 1
    A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
  2. 2
    something twisted and tight and swollen wordnet
  3. 3
    Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
Verb
  1. 1
    To knot or twist something. transitive
  2. 2
    To snarl or growl; to gnar. intransitive

    "And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first."

  3. 3
    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath wordnet
  4. 4
    twist into a state of deformity wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Back-formation from gnarled.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gnarled.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from gnarled.

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

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