its the new cool it really just describes anything that you think is awesome it has to be pretty far out to be gnarly but it is used virtually for everything
by indzz April 18, 2006
by lucyrae August 30, 2010
if something is gnarly, it is so cool it almost makes you inclined to say "yessssss!" and/or perform "air guitar" , "raise the horns", hi-5's etc.
by Ashlee Sykora November 13, 2006
Super awsome, most dank, sexy,make you want to kill a goat with your feet crazy. On the offical "Fonzie Coolomatic Cool Rating Machince" the Fonzie macine rates your from -10 Fonzie's or simply put 10 Chachi Arcola's. And goes all the way to 10 Fonzie's. Gnarly means at least 15 fonzies, putting the "Fonzie meter" into the red and is know as Uber Fonzie.
Timothy S. Rathbun: "Dude did you go to the party last night?"
Brian L Strunck: "Yeah and guess who showed up and 5 mins later the cops came?"
Timothy S Rathbun: "Had to be Amy Spencer, the most gnarly chick in the L.H."
Brian L Strunck: "Right on Maverick."
Brian L Strunck: "Yeah and guess who showed up and 5 mins later the cops came?"
Timothy S Rathbun: "Had to be Amy Spencer, the most gnarly chick in the L.H."
Brian L Strunck: "Right on Maverick."
by Tim Strunck, Dark Lord of the Sith October 11, 2006
Extremely beautiful; heaven-like. Slang word used most often by surfers to describe the weather and beach conditions; or to describe a wave.
by Daniel April 29, 2003
used to describe something.
in skateboarding, something is gnarly if its difficult because its dangerous. things like skating on rough surfaces at high speeds and heights are considered gnarly. see EX1 below.
however, outside of skating it's used as a word to describe good and bad things alike. see EX2.
in skateboarding, something is gnarly if its difficult because its dangerous. things like skating on rough surfaces at high speeds and heights are considered gnarly. see EX1 below.
however, outside of skating it's used as a word to describe good and bad things alike. see EX2.
EX1: i saw this kid trying to nollie feeble that rough 15-set ledge... he ended up wrecking cause of the gravel at the landing and the darkness, but the 5th he nailed it! the whole thing was so gnarly...
EX2: i won the lottery! that's gnarly! yaaaay!
EX2: i won the lottery! that's gnarly! yaaaay!
by karl February 28, 2005
by gnarkilldie July 27, 2006