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gnarly

UK/ˈnɑːli/ US/ˈnɑɹli/ uncommon dated slang us

adjective

1.

used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

  • “gnarled and knotted hands”
  • “a knobbed stick”
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Origin

From gnarl (“knot in wood”) + -y. The slang senses were particularly popularized by US surf culture in the 1970s.

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