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grr

[ɡɚːː]

grr interjection: sound of an animal growl.

Interjection

  1. Sound of an animal growl.
  2. Expression of anger or disappointment.
    • Grr, life is not fair.

Noun capitalized: GRR

GRR (plural GRRs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of gross reproduction rate.

Forms of grr

Interjection
alternative formgrrr
alternative formgrrrr
alternative formgrrrh
Noun
pluralGRRs

Origin of grr

Onomatopoeic.

Words formed from grr

Words that rhyme with grr

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about grr

What does grr mean?
Grr means sound of an animal growl.
What part of speech is grr?
Grr can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce grr?
Grr is pronounced [ɡɚːː].

Words near grr in the dictionary

  1. Groși
  2. grp
  3. Grp.
  4. gRPC
  5. grps
  6. grr
  7. grrl
  8. grrls
  9. grrlz
  10. GRRM
  11. GRRMHD

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grr (page history and authors); GRR (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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