Found 3 items, similar to Snarl.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: snarl
aring, belasut, gerantang, gertak, membelasut, menggertak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: snarl
snarl
v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone;
“The sales clerky
snapped a reply at the angry customer”;
“The guard
snarled at us” [syn:
snap]
2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise;
“Bullets snarled past us”
3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass;
“The child
entangled the cord” [syn:
entangle,
tangle,
mat]
[ant:
disentangle,
disentangle]
4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements
[syn:
snarl up,
embrangle]
snarl
n 1: a vicious angry growl
2: an angry vicious expression
3: something jumbled or confused;
“a tangle of government
regulations” [syn:
tangle,
maze]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Snarl
Snarl
\Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.]
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal
ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner
surface.
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Snarl
\Snarl\, v. t. [From
Snare, v. t.]
1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to
snarl a skein of thread.
“Her snarled hair.” --Spenser.
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2. To embarrass; to insnare.
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[The] question that they would have snarled him
with. --Latimer.
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Snarl
\Snarl\, n.
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,
difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate
complication; embarrassing difficulty.
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Snarl
\Snarl\, v. i. [From
Snar.]
1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter
grumbling sounds.
“An angry cur snarls while he feeds.”
--Dryden & Lee.
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2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
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It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little
lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands
not exempted. --Dryden.
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Snarl
\Snarl\, n.
The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;
an angry contention.
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