The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GROWLER
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What does GROWLER mean?
GROWLER noun- A person, creature or thing that growls.
- A horse-drawn cab with four wheels.
- A small iceberg or ice floe which is barely visible over the surface of the water.
- A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).
- A pork pie.
- The vulva.
- A fish of the perch family, abundant in North American rivers, so named from the sound it emits.
- A device for checking electrical equipment for short circuits etc.