0 present participle of snarl --
1 (especially of dogs) to make a deep, rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and forcefully: --
[ + speech ] "Go to hell!", he snarled.
The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them.
2 to become twisted together and difficult to separate; to make something become twisted together : --
It is no use our snarling about this or refusing to recognise it.
One of the disasters of the past few years has been that the miners and the owners have been snarling at each other distances away.
They are like rats in a trap snapping and snarling in every direction, attacking not merely men but women and children as well.
It can pass someone in the street to whom it will take an immediate dislike and make that clear by snarling.
What we want in the industrial climate of this country is a philosophy of greed and not snarling envy.
There is complete and utter chaos at peak periods and, as the population increases, the snarling-up of traffic will become worse.
When the tunnel is closed for repairs or when an accident happens, the snarling up is tremendous.
We in our area are fast snarling up rather than moving out.
