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Snarl v. t. (past & past part. snarled; pres. part. snarling) 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.

To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair."

To embarrass; to insnare. "(The) question that they would have snarled him with."

Snarl v. i.

To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds."

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."

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Etymology of 'Snarled'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Snarled" Quotes from Famous Books

... in there and catch him, or drive him out where you can catch him, if I tear my coat all to pieces!" snarled Reddy. ...

— Old Granny Fox • Thornton W. Burgess

... arrested for this," he snarled, tears of boyish indignation running down his flushed cheeks. "I'll make you sweat for this. ...

— Martin Eden • Jack London

... at his mouth in his rage and discomfiture. "Insolent whelp!" he snarled. "Thou art quick as a ...

— The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life • Homer Eon Flint

... handwriting, and the identification of the individual can be established by it better than by portraits or almost any other means. As lawyers and laymen and courts are finding this out, the handwriting expert is more and more called upon to untangle snarled ...

— Disputed Handwriting • Jerome B. Lavay

... keen quick eyes. Their breathing came hard. The Count's lips parted beneath his uptwisted moustache showed his teeth like a cat's. Aristide lost sense of all outer things in the thrill of the encounter. They snarled the stereotyped phrases necessary for the conduct of the game. At last the points stood at four for Aristide and three for his adversary. It was Aristide's deal. Before turning up the eleventh card he paused for the fraction ...

— The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol • William J. Locke

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