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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gnarly \Gnarl"y\, a. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gnarly adj : used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: {gnarled}, {knotted}, {knotty}, {knobbed}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: gnarly /nar'lee/ adj Both {obscure} and {hairy} (sense 1). "{Yow!} -- the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt is really gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer slang. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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)
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