Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snarl"
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. ``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.
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.
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\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snarl
n 1: a vicious angry growl
2: an angry vicious expression
3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: {tangle}, {maze}]
v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; `"No!," she
snapped'; "The guard snarled at us" [syn: {snap}]
2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise;
"Bullets snarled past us"
3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: {entangle}, {tangle}, {mat}]
[ant: {disentangle}, {disentangle}]
4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements
[syn: {snarl up}, {embrangle}]
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