gnar
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of gnar
1490–1500; imit; compare Old English gnyrran, German knarren, knirren, Middle Dutch gnerren, gnorren
Example Sentences
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Guides will lead you and your friends safely to the backcountry chutes, cliff bands, and other gnar spots.
From Time Magazine Archive
Justin Williams cruised into second with his casual gnar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Equal amounts jaw-dropping skill and painful determination, Johnny goes buck gnar everywhere, every time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly machines began to gnar, and the waves to whirl, and an iron bridge rose out of the water.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
The little iron gate, whose hinges were almost gone with rust, creaked and gnarred as it slowly opened to admit the approach of a young countryman.
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
He said it like a good honest watch-dog, and he gnarred the "r" in the manner that made the ancients call it the canine letter.
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
Or was it hollow hinges gnarred Huge, iron scorn in donjon-twist?
From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.
A philosophical Doctor: A disconsolate Meat- jack, gnarring and creaking with rust and work.
From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas
"They are good enough lads, Sholto and Laurence both, but they will be for ever gnarring and grappling at each other like messan dogs round a kirk door."
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
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