snarling

3 definitions • 4 examples

present participle of

(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:

The dogs started to snarl at each other so I had to separate them.

[ + speech ] "Go to hell!", he snarled.

to become twisted together and difficult to separate; to make something become twisted together :

The yarn snarled as she unwound it.

That old brush will snarl your hair.