gnar

• gnarr, gnarl
• knar

• IPA^(key): /nɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

From Old English gnyrran.

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

1. To snarl or growl.

Clipping of gnarly

gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)

1. (slang, chiefly sports) Gnarly.

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.

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