| Front | snarl |
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| Back | snarl verb, noun BrE /snɑːl/ NAmE /snɑːrl/ verb 1 [intransitive] ~ (at sb/sth) (of dogs, etc.) to show the teeth and make a deep angry noise in the throat The dog snarled at us. 2 [transitive] to speak in an angry or bad-tempered way + speech (at sb) ‘Get out of here!’ he snarled. ~ sth (at sb) She snarled abuse at anyone who happened to walk past. ˌsnarl ˈup | ˌsnarl sthˈup 1 to involve sb/sth in a situation that stops their movement or progress; to become involved in a situation like this The accident snarled up the traffic all day. 2 to become caught or twisted; to make sth do this The sheets kept getting snarled up. related noun snarl-up noun 1 [usually singular] a deep sound that an animal makes when it is angry and shows its teeth The dog bared its teeth in a snarl. 2 [usually singular] an act of speaking in an angry or bad-tempered way; the sound you make when you are angry, in pain, etc a snarl of hate She answered with an angry snarl. 3 = snarl-up rush-hour traffic snarls 4 (informal) something that has become twisted in an untidy way She used conditioner to remove the snarls from her hair. |
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