growl

"All of a sudden there was a horrendous growl and this dog came running and pounced on Alfred," Ms Gunston said.

A decorator working alone also reported hearing doors slamming and then a growl in his ear.

Seizing 13 audiotapes from the compound, police found hours of Dederich ranting menacingly in his distinctive bombastic growl.

“Sometimes you want to keep the growl,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said.

For most of his career — except on those rare occasions when he got to play a lead role — Coleman’s job was to pop in for a scene or two to growl and grumble in a manner that was generally both humorous and more than a little scary.