snarl: Meaning and Definition of

snarl

1. to growl threateningly or viciously, esp. 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.

1. to say by snarling: to snarl a threat.

1. the act of snarling.
2. a snarling sound or utterance.

snarl

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.

1. to bring into a tangled condition, as thread or hair.
2. to render complicated or confused: The questions snarled him up.
3. to raise or emboss, as parts of a thin metal vessel, by hammering on a tool held against the inner surface of the vessel.

1. to become tangled; get into a tangle.