Growler

//ˈɡɹaʊlə// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person, creature or thing that growls.
  2. 2
    a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping wordnet
  3. 3
    A horse-drawn cab with four wheels. historical, slang

    "He had evidently studied the driver of a London growler, and produced a good sound readable type of man."

  4. 4
    a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl wordnet
  5. 5
    A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.

    "A great ‘growler’ iceberg was sighted this afternoon at a distance of approximately half a mile; the size of a large London house, more or less."

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  1. 6
    A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation. Australia, Canada, US, informal

    "[…] their favoring breeze has the stink of nickel whiskey on its breath, and their sea is a growler of lager and ale […]"

  2. 7
    A pork pie. UK, Yorkshire, dialectal

    "Now, on first impression, a pork pie - or a ‘growler’ if you're from Yorkshire - looks like a delicious snack."

  3. 8
    The vulva. British, slang

    "On our first meeting he'd asked me if I dyed my hair. I told him I did and his follow up^([sic]) question had been the much under rated^([sic]), "What colour's your growler then?""

  4. 9
    A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits. US, dialectal
  5. 10
    A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.

    "Includes voltmeters, ammeters, circuit testers, armature tester (external growler), field tester, (internal growler), coil and condenser tester, etc."

Etymology

From growl + -er. Sense "jug" is 19th century American slang, of uncertain origin.

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