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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 snarl /ˈsnɑr(ə)l/
 (vi.)吼叫,怒罵,吠纏結(vt.)咆哮著說,搞亂,使纏結咆哮,吼叫,怒罵,纏結

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Snarl v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.]  To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Snarl, v. t.
 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. “Her snarled hair.”
 2. To embarrass; to insnare.
    [The] question that they would have snarled him with.   --Latimer.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Snarl, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Snarl, v. i.
 1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. “An angry cur snarls while he feeds.”
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Snarl, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]
      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]