| 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. |
| 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. |
| 7. | to become tangled; get into a tangle. |