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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

... like that very well. And if he and Jimmy Rabbit had been alone I am afraid he would have done something very unpleasant to Jimmy. But now he only snarled a little, and showed his teeth, and said that he could leap higher and further than any ...

— The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit - Sleepy-TimeTales • Arthur Scott Bailey

... snarled the red-headed man. "A stickup, I said! Get it? You go get that can of stuff from the mine! The diamonds! ...

— Scrimshaw • William Fitzgerald Jenkins

... his noble chest. Therefore, when he had what was called in the vernacular "turrible bad goin'," and when any other stage-driver in York County would have shrunk into his muffler and snapped and snarled on the slightest provocation, Life Lane opened his great throat when he passed over the bridges at Moderation or Bonny Eagle, and sent forth a golden, sonorous "Yo ho! halloo!" into the still air. The later it was and the stormier ...

— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

... been obliged to use the money to pay some pressing debts, and had not been able to return the check his father had sent him. He pitied his poor old father; he ached with compassion for him; and he set his teeth and snarled with contempt through them for his own baseness. This was the kind of world it was; but he washed his hands of it. The fault was in human nature, and he reflected with pride that he had at least ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... "Oh, you black-hearted hound," snarled the Kid. "I want to shoot, but I'm afraid. I used to be a gentleman and I haven't lost it all, I guess. But I won't wait the next time. I'll down you on sight, so you'd better get ironed in a hurry." He backed out of the room into the semi-darkness of the kitchen, watching with lynx-like closeness ...

— The Spoilers • Rex Beach

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