Meaning & use
Brool
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A low, murmuring or growling sound.
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A distant brool of thunder rolled across the hills.
The dog let out a soft brool deep in its throat before the stranger approached.
A note on using this word
A rare, largely literary and Scots dialect word, popularized in adventure fiction by writers such as John Buchan.
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