gnarl

n : something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles

stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great

gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: {knot}]

v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this

old tree"

2: complain quietly [syn: {murmur}, {mutter}, {grumble}, {croak}]

gnarly

/nar'lee/ Both obscure and {hairy}. "{Yow}! - the

tuned {assembler} implementation of {BitBlt} is really

gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer

slang.

[{Jargon File}]

(1996-09-17)