gnar
English edit
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English gnyrran.
Verb edit
gnar (third-person singular simple present gnars, present participle gnarring, simple past and past participle gnarred)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
gnar (comparative more gnar, superlative most gnar)
Noun edit
gnar (plural gnars)
- (slang, extreme sports) Snow or an ocean wave.
- 2020, Cinelle Barnes, “Carefree White Girls, Careful Brown Girls”, in Nicole Chung, Mensah Demary, editors, A Map Is Only One Story, Catapult, →ISBN:
- 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.