gnar
or gnarr
[ nahr ]
/ nɑr /
verb (used without object), gnarred, gnar·ring.
to snarl; growl.
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Origin of gnar
1490–1500; imit; compare Old English gnyrran,German knarren, knirren,Middle Dutch gnerren, gnorren
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