gnar

Etymology 1

From Old English gnyrran.

verb

  1. To snarl or growl.

Etymology 2

Clipping of gnarly

adj

  1. (slang, chiefly sports) Gnarly.

noun

  1. (slang, extreme sports) 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

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