Snarl word meaning and definition

[noun] something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
[noun] a vicious angry growl
[noun] an angry vicious expression
[verb] make more complicated or confused through entanglements
[verb] utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; `"No!," she snapped'; "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"

\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\, 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. --Latimer.
\Snarl\, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
\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. --Dryden.
\Snarl\, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

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