gnarl

noun, verb, adj — 5 senses

gnarl

noun

/nɑː(ɹ)l/

Etymology Back-formation from gnarled.

1

A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

2

Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.

Derived terms: gnarly, gnarley

gnarl

verb

Etymology Back-formation from gnarled.

1

To knot or twist something.

gnarl

adj

Etymology Back-formation from gnarled.

1

Gnarled, knotty, twisted.

gnarl

verb

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

1

To snarl or growl; to gnar.

And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

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