growler

Meaning

1. A person, creature or thing that growls.
2. (historical, slang) A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
3. A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
4. (Australia, Canada, US, informal) A kind of jug, often with a handle, used to carry beer and preserve carbonation.
5. (UK, Yorkshire, dialectal) A pork pie.
6. (British, slang) The vulva.
7. (US, dialectal) A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
8. A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.

Synonyms

grouch

grumbler

iceberg

crabber

curmudgeon

fussy

gig

glacier

grouchy

grunt

grunter

mutterer

nagger

snarler

snarling

sorehead

fault finder

buggy

tomtate

chaise

crabbed

Translations

brontolone

Brummbär

animale che ringhia

piccolo iceberg

growler

Eisberg

grogneur

iceberg

جبل الثلج العائم

bougon

γκρινιάρης

ronchon

remugaire

bourguigon

Prüfspule

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɹaʊlə/

Etymology

From growl + -er. Sense "jug" is 19th century American slang, of uncertain origin.