gnar

G2N1A1R1
/nɑː(ɹ)/

verb

To snarl or growl.

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

gnar1

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

present singular third person gnars · participle present gnarring · participle past gnarred · past gnarred · alternative gnarr · alternative gnarl · alternative knar · alternative narr

  1. To snarl or growl.

gnar2

adjectivegnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)

comparative more gnar · superlative most gnar · alternative gnarr · alternative gnarl · alternative knar · alternative narr

  1. slanghobbiesGnarly.
noungnar (plural gnars)

plural gnars · alternative gnarr · alternative gnarl · alternative knar · alternative narr

  1. slangextreme sportsSnow 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

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Origin

gnar · verb

  1. Old Englishgnyrran
  2. Old Englishgnyrran
  3. Englishgnar

Inherited from Old English gnyrran.

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gnar · adjective, noun

Clipping of gnarly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

gnar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnar

MLA

“gnar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gnar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gnar.

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