as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
we can't figure out why our very happy and optimistic friend is dating that chronic growler
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Recent Examples of growler
Raise a farewell toast for Shane MacGowan, one of rock’s most fiendishly brilliant growlers, snarlers, songwriters, storytellers, and blackguards.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
This sleek growler uses CO2 cartridges to give you optimally carbonated beer.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
Kegerators come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including oversized models that can hold full kegs to countertop options that work with mini kegs and growlers.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
The compact design can accommodate six cans, six bottles, or two growlers.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
This sleek growler uses CO2 cartridges to give you optimally carbonated beer.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
Kegerators come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, including oversized models that can hold full kegs to countertop options that work with mini kegs and growlers.
—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
The compact design can accommodate six cans, six bottles, or two growlers.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
See all Example Sentences for growler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for growler
Noun
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Unless there is a shark approaching you, in which case scurry sideways like a crab.Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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That plan aged like Maryland crab left out in the sun.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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In this case, however, the bear found a natural food source — a dead critter in the woods — and made the most of it.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Zoom in: Fear is an adaptive mechanism that humans developed to help us, long ago, avoid things like being eaten by a bear, Bradford told Axios.Kale Williams, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Most of the recipients dismissed the composer as a crank, but a few were spellbound by his transcendentalist conjurations, and a cult began to grow.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Robert Whittaker via submission in the first round (face crank) Magomed Ankalaev def.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Growler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growler. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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