different between gnar vs snar

English

Alternative forms

• gnarr, gnarl
• knar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)

Etymology 1

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Verb

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

1. To snarl or growl.

Etymology 2

Clipping of gnarly

Adjective

gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)

1. (slang, chiefly sports) gnarly

Noun

gnar (plural gnars)

1. (slang, extreme sports) Snow or an ocean wave.

Anagrams

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

English

Etymology

Akin to Low German and Old Dutch snarren, German schnarren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??(?)/

Verb

snar (third-person singular simple present snars, present participle snarring, simple past and past participle snarred)

1. (obsolete) To snarl.

Derived terms

• snarl

Anagrams

• Arns, Nasr, RNAS, RNAs, sRNA, sarn, srna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stna?r/

  Rhymes: -a?r

Adjective

snar (comparative snarari, superlative snarastur)

1. quick

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr

Adjective

snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarere, indefinite superlative snarest, definite superlative snareste)

1. quick, swift

Derived terms

• snarvei

References

• “snar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse snarr

Adjective

snar (neuter singular snart, definite singular and plural snare, comparative snarare, indefinite superlative snarast, definite superlative snaraste)

1. quick, swift

References

• “snar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German snoor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

snar (comparative snarare, superlative snarast)

1. near-term, immediate, ready

   min snara återkomst

   my not too distant return

   inom en snar framtid

   within the near future

   inom den snaraste framtiden

   within the nearest future

Declension

Related terms

• snarlik
• snarstucken
• snartänkt