gnar

English

Alternative forms

• gnarr, gnarl
• knar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Old English gnyrran.

Verb

gnar (third-person singular simple present gnars, present participle gnarring, simple past and past participle gnarred)

1. To snarl or growl.

Etymology 2

Clipping of gnarly

Adjective

gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)

1. (slang, chiefly sports) Gnarly.

Noun

gnar (plural gnars)

1. (slang, extreme sports) Snow or an ocean wave.
   • 2020, Cinelle Barnes, “Carefree White Girls, Careful Brown Girls”, in Nicole Chung, Mensah Demary, editors, A Map Is Only One Story, Catapult, →ISBN:

     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.

Anagrams

• ARNG, Gran, NARG, gRNA, garn, gran, grna, narg, rang