gnar
/nɑː(ɹ)/
gnar verb: to snarl or growl.
Verb
gnar (third-person singular simple present gnars, present participle gnarring, simple past and past participle gnarred)
Adjective
gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)
Noun
gnar (plural gnars)
- Snow or an ocean wave.
- 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.2020, Cinelle Barnes, “Carefree White Girls, Careful Brown Girls”, in Nicole Chung, Mensah Demary, editors, A Map Is Only One Story, Catapult, →ISBN
Forms of gnar
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | gnars |
| present participle | gnarring |
| past participle | gnarred |
| past | gnarred |
| alternative form | gnarr |
| alternative form | gnarl |
| alternative form | knar |
| alternative form | narr |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more gnar |
| superlative | most gnar |
| Noun | |
| plural | gnars |
Origin of gnar
Inherited from Old English gnyrran.
Clipping of gnarly.
Words that rhyme with gnar
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- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
Questions about gnar
- What does gnar mean?
- Gnar means to snarl or growl.
- What part of speech is gnar?
- Gnar can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gnar?
- Gnar is pronounced /nɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the past tense of gnar?
- The past tense of gnar is gnarred.
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Source and license
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