grr.

interj.  an expression of disapproval.

<Witch hunters persecuting some poor old lady!  Grr, stupid ignorant louts, I can’t abide them!  —Brian Jacques, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.>

n.  a goblin’s snarl, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz; see also hrrr.


n.  a highly-derogatory racial slang term, as discussed in Running Loose  by Chris Crutcher.


n.  a lion’s growl.

<“We can work!  This will be a farm for two women.  Aren’t we strong?  Like lions!”  She curls her hands into imaginary claws.  “Watch out all who come here.  This is the farm of the lion women.  Grr!”  Her hands rake the air.  “Grr!”  —Lewis DeDoto, A Blade of Grass: A Novel.>

n.  a sound indicating that one is about to lose self-control.

<To Mark’s left, Os made that little grr sound he’d often make when about to lose control at tennis.  —Donald E. Westlake, The Road to Ruin.>

n.  a wolf-like growl, as in The Carnivorous Carnival: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 9 by Lemony Snicket; see also grrr.

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