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snarl
1[ snahrl ]
verb (used without object)
- to growl threateningly or viciously, especially with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.
- to speak in a surly or threatening manner suggestive of a dog's snarl.
verb (used with object)
- to say by snarling:
to snarl a threat.
noun
- the act of snarling.
- a snarling sound or utterance.
snarl
2[ snahrl ]
noun
- a tangle, as of thread, hair, or wire.
- a complicated or confused condition or matter:
a traffic snarl.
- a knot in wood.
verb (used with object)
- to bring into a tangled condition, as thread or hair.
- to render complicated or confused:
The questions snarled him up.
- to raise or emboss, as parts of a thin metal vessel, by hammering on a tool snarling iron held against the inner surface of the vessel.
verb (used without object)
- to become tangled; get into a tangle.
snarl
1/ snɑːl /
verb
- intr (of an animal) to growl viciously, baring the teeth
- to speak or express (something) viciously or angrily
noun
- a vicious growl, utterance, or facial expression
- the act of snarling
snarl
2/ snɑːl /
noun
- a tangled mass of thread, hair, etc
- a complicated or confused state or situation
- a knot in wood
verb
- often foll by up to be, become, or make tangled or complicated
- troften foll byup to confuse mentally
- tr to flute or emboss (metal) by hammering on a tool held against the under surface
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnarling, adjective
- ˈsnarlingly, adverb
- ˈsnarly, adjective
- ˈsnarler, noun
- ˈsnarly, adjective
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Other Words From
- snarler noun
- snarling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snarl1
C16: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German snarren, Middle Dutch snarren to drone
Origin of snarl2
C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish snarel noose, Old Norse snara snare 1
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