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gnar en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /nɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Old English gnyrran.

Meanings

1. To snarl or growl.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gnarred	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
gnarred	Tense=Past		lexicographic
gnars	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
gnarl		alternative	lexicographic
narr		alternative	lexicographic
gnarr		alternative	lexicographic
knar		alternative	lexicographic
gnarring	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

gnar en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /nɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of gnarly.

Meanings

1. (slang) Gnarly.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
gnarr		alternative	lexicographic
more gnar	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
narr		alternative	lexicographic
gnarl		alternative	lexicographic
most gnar	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
knar		alternative	lexicographic

gnar en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /nɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of gnarly.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:extreme sports, slang) Snow or an ocean wave.
   • You wanted to surf instead, to be like those locals who lived simply, had enough money for rent, food, and board wax; who waited tables at night and woke up to shred the gnar. 2020, Cinelle Barnes, “Carefree White Girls, Careful Brown Girls”, in Nicole Chung, Mensah Demary, editors, A Map Is Only One Story, Catapult, →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
knar		alternative	lexicographic
gnars	Number=Plur		lexicographic
gnarr		alternative	lexicographic
narr		alternative	lexicographic
gnarl		alternative	lexicographic