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verb (used without object)
1.
to growl threateningly or viciously, especially with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.
2.
to speak in a surly or threatening manner suggestive of a dog's snarl.
verb (used with object)
3.
to say by snarling: to snarl a threat.
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Snarled
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Origin:
1580–90; earlier snarle, equivalent to obsolete snar to snarl (cognate with Dutch, Low German snarren, German schnarren) + -le
1580–90; earlier snarle, equivalent to obsolete snar to snarl (cognate with Dutch, Low German snarren, German schnarren) + -le
Related forms
snarl·er, noun
snarl·ing·ly, adverb
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noun
1.
a tangle, as of thread, hair, or wire.
2.
a complicated or confused condition or matter: a traffic snarl.
3.
a knot in wood.
verb (used with object)
4.
to bring into a tangled condition, as thread or hair.
5.
to render complicated or confused: The questions snarled him up.
6.
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)
7.
to become tangled; get into a tangle.
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Word Origin & History
snarl
"to tangle, to catch in a snare or noose," late 14c., from a noun snarl "a snare, a noose" (late 14c.), probably a dim. of snare (1). The noun meaning "a tangle, a knot" is first attested c.1600.
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