Dictionary definition · snarl
noun
- a vicious angry growl
- an angry vicious expression
- something jumbled or confused"a tangle of government regulations"
verb
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone"The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"
- make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise"Bullets snarled past us"
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass"The child entangled the cord"
- make more complicated or confused through entanglements
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).