▪ I. growling, vbl. n.
(ˈgraʊlɪŋ)
[f. growl v.3 + -ing1]
The action of growl v.3
| 1752 Mrs. Delany Let. to Mrs. Dewes in Life & Corr. 131 Many impatiences, disappointments, grumblings and growlings have they cost. 1807 Med. Jrnl. XVII. 185 The voice is hoarse and sometimes resembles the growling of a dog. 1834 R. M. M{supc}Cheyne in Mem. (1872) 467 The increasing growling of the thunder. 1899 Blackw. Mag. May 796/1 The deep growling of the great bears..could always be heard. |
▪ II. growling, ppl. a.
(ˈgraʊlɪŋ)
[f. growl v.3 + -ing2.]
That growls.
| 1705 Vanbrugh Confed. ii. i, A Husband is a growling animal. 1735 Somerville Chase i. 154 Soon as the growling Pack with eager Joy Have lapp'd their smoaking Viands. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 370 Sufficiently loud to produce the most horrible growling sound which can be conceived. 1867 R. W. Dale Week-day Serm. v. 123 Growling thunder and pelting rain. |
Hence ˈgrowlingly adv., in a growling manner.
| 1803 Med. Jrnl. X. 176 The nurse..will once or twice at most growlingly remove it. 1889 Chamb. Jrnl. 14 Sept. 583/2, ‘I'm worried’, returned Snelling growlingly. |