growler

English

/ˈɡɹaʊlə/

noun
Definitions
  • A person, creature or thing that growls.
  • (historical) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
  • A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
  • (informal) A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
  • (dialect) A pork pie.
  • (British) The vulva.
  • (US) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
  • A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.

Etymology

Suffix from English growl.

Origin

English

growl

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