SNARL


Meaning of SNARL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ snɑ:(r)l ]

( snarls, snarling, snarled)

1.

When an animal snarls , it makes a fierce, rough sound in its throat while showing its teeth.

He raced ahead up into the bush, barking and snarling...

The dogs snarled at the intruders.

VERB : V , V at n

Snarl is also a noun.

With a snarl, the second dog made a dive for his heel.

N-COUNT

2.

If you snarl something, you say it in a fierce, angry way.

‘Let go of me,’ he snarled...

I vaguely remember snarling at someone who stepped on my foot...

‘Aubrey.’ Hyde seemed almost to snarl the name.

VERB : V with quote , V at n , V n

Snarl is also a noun.

His eyes flashed, and his lips were drawn back in a furious snarl.

N-COUNT

3.

A snarl is a disorganized mass of things.

She was tangled in a snarl of logs and branches.

N-COUNT : usu with supp

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