a vicious angry growl

a vicious angry growl

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

A name given by Swift, in ?Gulliver's Travels,? to a feigned race of brutes having the form of man and all his degrading passions, Hence, any brutish or vicious character, A rough, coarse, or uncouth person; yokel; lout, interjection_ An exclamation of joy, A battle cry