1. (

• snap ,
• snarl

) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" ;

2. (

• snarl ,

) make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us" ;

3. (

• entangle ,
• tangle ,
• mat ,
• snarl

) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" ;

4. (

• snarl ,
• snarl_up ,
• embrangle

) make more complicated or confused through entanglements ;

1. (

• knotty ,
• snarled ,
• snarly

) tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" ;