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.
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.
2. To embarrass; to insnare.
[The] question that they would have snarled him with. --Latimer.
Snarl \Snarl\, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
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.
2. 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. --Dryden.
Snarl \Snarl\, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
One, labeled "war" in red print, had horns, an angry snarl and a knife in its side with drops of blood coming from it.
'I was a jangle of complexes and inhibitions, with the instinctive snarl of the mongrel waiting to be kicked, without a shred of self-confidence or dignity.'
But the brokers say that, partly because of improved computers, Wall Street is faring better than during the notorious back-office snarl of the late 1960s.
As everyone in the city had anticipated, his 45-car motorcade left behind a snarl of traffic.
He could tell you a story and reduce himself to tears, then he could turn on you with a snarl.
On one tape, Bonney's voice took on a demonic snarl as he was interviewed.
That continuing struggle may embroil facets of the drug program just as it threatened to snarl the legislation bailing out the shaken savings and loan system.
They never fail to bark and snarl at his approach.
The traffic snarl was caused by an accident on the Santa Monica Freeway.
Brownouts also snarl the already tenuous operations of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and halt pumps that deliver water to many buildings.
Both shapes swirl with psychedelic hues to the snarl of electronic feedback.