"snarling" in the verb sense
1. snap, snarl
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
"The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"
"The guard snarled at us"
2. snarl
make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
"Bullets snarled past us"
3. entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
4. snarl, snarl up, embrangle
make more complicated or confused through entanglements
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