Noun
something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"

Noun
an angry vicious expression

Noun
a vicious angry growl

Verb
make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Verb
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"

Verb
make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us"

Verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"

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v. t.
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

v. t.
To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.

v. t.
To embarrass; to insnare.

n.
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

v. i.
To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

v. i.
To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

n.
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

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Snarl

Snarl , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled ; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Snarl

Snarl, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." Spenser. 2. To embarrass; to insnare.

[The] question that they would have snarled him with.

Snarl

Snarl, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Snarl

Snarl, v. i. [From Snar.] 1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee. 2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.

Snarl

Snarl, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.

A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.