Snarl /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling

1. To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.
2. To embarrass; to insnare.

   [The] question that they would have snarled him with.

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

1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
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.

1. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.