(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When an animal ~s, it makes a fierce, rough sound in its throat while showing its teeth.
He raced ahead up into the bush, barking and ~ing...
The dogs ~ed at the intruders.
VERB: V, V at n
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Snarl is also a noun.
With a ~, the second dog made a dive for his heel.
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2.
If you ~ something, you say it in a fierce, angry way.
‘Let go of me,’ he ~ed...
I vaguely remember ~ing at someone who stepped on my foot...
‘Aubrey.’ Hyde seemed almost to ~ the name.
VERB: V with quote, V at n, V n
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Snarl is also a noun.
His eyes flashed, and his lips were drawn back in a furious ~.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is a disorganized mass of things.
She was tangled in a ~ of logs and branches.
N-COUNT: usu with supp