grrr.

n.  a frustrated growl to oneself; see also grrr grrr.

<Grrr.  Why did I keep ending up on the losing end of arguments in this house?  —Neta Jackson, The Yada Yada Prayer Group.>

n.  a growl of enthusiasm, as in The Accidental Diva by Tia Williams.


n.  a growl of indignation.

<Grrr.  There’s absolutely nothing more annoying than having your perfect travel plans all mapped out ... and then being told when you check into your gate that they’re “terribly sorry ... we’re overbooked.”  Why you?  Why?  —Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life.>

n.  a growl of resentment, sounding “like a bear with bad breath coming out of hibernation or a mangy mongrel defending his bone in an alley” (Max Lucado, The Applause of Heaven).


n.  a grunt of astonishment, as in the novel Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters.ul


n.  a hostile growl.  Regarding this spelling, novelist Elizabeth Peters apologetically writes, “I assure you, there is really no other way of reproducing this sound” (The Curse of the Pharaohs).

GRRR.

n.  a jovial grunt.

<He scrunched up his face so hard it turned red and said simply “GRRR!” in a hearty grunt.  —Laurie Notaro, Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood.>

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