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Definition of Snarl up
1. Verb. Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.
Generic synonyms: Complicate, Perplex
Specialized synonyms: Snafu
Derivative terms: Snarl
Definition of Snarl up
1. Verb. (transitive) to entangle ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To become tangled; to become entangled ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To block (traffic); to cause (traffic) to be congested. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive of traffic) to become congested. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To pit into disarray; contort; confuse; muddle up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snarl Up
Literary usage of Snarl up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Browning, Ring and Book, II. 23. Й. intrant. To be entangled or united confusedly.
=Syn. 1. To entangle, intertwine, snarl (up). ..."
2. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"to snarl up, as hard-twisted Thread. To Bavel out, to run into Threads, as slight
Cloth, not closely woven, does. Ravel Bread, a middle Sort of Bread. Kent. ..."
3. The Hop; Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and Manufacture: A Practical by Herbert Myrick (1899)
"... be richer and brighter, will arm out lower down, and the arms will be longer
and not apt to snarl up. They will fill up in the middle with soft, white, ..."
4. Red Fox: The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of by Charles George Douglas Roberts (1905)
"He was frank enough, however, in his declaration of war; for whenever the eagle
went winging low over his rocky lookout, he would rise and snarl up at him ..."
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