a tangle, esp of hair or thread; a knota confused or complicated situation;, esp a snarl-upsnarly adj[Middle English snarle, prob dimin. of snare1]
(often + up) to make or cause (something) to become tangled, knotted, or and intertwined(often + up) to make or become (something) excessively confused or complicatedto decorate (metal) by hammering a tool against the underside to form raised shapes on the upper surface verb intrans(often + up) to become snarledsnarler noun
to growl with bared teethto speak in a vicious or bad-tempered mannerverb transto utter or express (something) with a snarl or in a snarling mannersnarl nounsnarler nounsnarly adjsnarling adjsnarlingly adv[frequentative of obsolete snar to growl, of imitative origin]