snarl : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snarl	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for snarl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snarl n a vicious angry growl an angry vicious expression something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations" Synonym(s): tangle, snarl, maze v utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" Synonym(s): snap, snarl make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us" twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" Synonym(s): entangle, tangle, mat, snarl Antonym(s): disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl make more complicated or confused through entanglements Synonym(s): snarl, snarl up, embrangle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [From {Snare}, v. t.] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. [bd]Her snarled hair.[b8] --Spenser. 2. To embarrass; to insnare. [The] question that they would have snarled him with. --Latimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snarl \Snarl\, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snarl \Snarl\, v. i. [From {Snar}.] 1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. [bd]An angry cur snarls while he feeds.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snarl \Snarl\, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.