gnarly

These kooks have no idea what GNARLY is. Gnarly is when you've gone beyond radical, beyond extreme, it's balls out danger, & or perfection, & or skill or all of that combined.

-Nobody can shred like that guy, he's fuckin gnarly.
-That chick has prefect tits, she's fucking gnarly.
-Pipeline in the winter is fucking GNARLY!

by Sandy's Rippa July 8, 2003

Gnarly

slang term for something extreme. Used in bad and good cases.

Originated from the word gnarled.

That was a fucking gnarly wreck man, that dudes head flew off.

Did you see that new Local Motion board? It is gnarly.

by raecerex May 7, 2004

Gnarly

This refers to two things:

One being another way to describe something utterly gross or grizzly.

The other being the name of a kid that used Cedar, a failed Miiverse Clone, who thinks saying the N word over and over is clever writing. He also participated in various doxxing and at one point got a guy to shoot himself on stream.

Needless to say, he lives up to his name, being disgusting and everything.

The Virgin Gnarly from Cedar: *Acts like a buffoon.*
The Chad Stoney: *Doesn't think about him and apparently is engaged.*

by Opa Opa June 25, 2023

gnarly

grotesque, yet awesome

"That scar's fucking gnarly"

by fuckyea November 3, 2005

gnarly

Gross, painful, twisted, and tweaked. Like pulling seven hairs out of your nose at once.

"Dude, I just pulled seven hairs out of my nose at once. It was pretty gnarly."

by FiveShiftOne June 4, 2018

gnarly

Original from 70's surfspeak - to describe waves that are violently breaking without the form that would render them more rideable. Can also describe less than ideal females.

"I'm bailing on this session-waves are too gnarly" "I had to ditch her friend, she was lookin' gnarly"

by Darrell Hawkins November 24, 2002

gnarly

adjective; used to describe anything really far out and amazing, not necessarily lovely; an extraordinary stunt, or event. Also, onomatopoeia.

"That was/is SO gnarly!"

by Jessica February 16, 2004